Fernhill Park
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:
Fernhill Park: History - book excerpts, newspaper clippings, maps and notes, n.d.
File — Drawer 3-3
Dates:
n.d.
#FHP-01 (Fern Hill Park): ID: 793: Topographical map of Fern Hill Park, n.d.
Item — Shelf BR-25.1
Identifier: 793
Letter from Alexander MacElwee, landscape gardener, to Alan Corson, Chief Engineer, giving the history of and plans for Fernhill Park , 1919 May 10
Item — Drawer 3-3
Dates:
1919 May 10
Letter from Henry Pratt McKean transmitting the deed for a tract of land to be made into a park or playground to be known as Fernhill Park in memory of his parents, Thomas and Elizabeth Wharton Mckean, 1913 December 2
Item — Drawer 3-3
Dates:
1913 December 2
Map of the McKean Estate called "Fern Hill" with adjoining property of the Midvale Steel Works, n.d.
Item — Drawer N5: Series 5, Folder: 1.1
Identifier: 5
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
Of the 70+ parks within the Fairmount Park system, there is a disparate amount of material available in this collection. Major watershed parks (such as Fairmount Park and Wissahickon Park) are not covered in this collection, nor are significant indepedent parks such as FDR Park and Bartram's Garden. This collection is concentrated on neighborhood parks, particularly smaller parks and squares. Some parks are undocumented, or have only one or two related items, while other parks...
Dates:
n.d.
Map of Wissahickon Avenue from Clapier to south side Roberts: Sheet 4 of 5; sheet 5 of 5, n.d.
Item — Drawer N5: Series 5, Folder: 1.1
Identifier: 5
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
Of the 70+ parks within the Fairmount Park system, there is a disparate amount of material available in this collection. Major watershed parks (such as Fairmount Park and Wissahickon Park) are not covered in this collection, nor are significant indepedent parks such as FDR Park and Bartram's Garden. This collection is concentrated on neighborhood parks, particularly smaller parks and squares. Some parks are undocumented, or have only one or two related items, while other parks...
Dates:
n.d.