Fernhill Park
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:
Fernhill Park: History - book excerpts, newspaper clippings, maps and notes, n.d.
File — Drawer 3-3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
undated
Fernhill Park: History - brief of title, deeds and wills, n.d.
File — Drawer 3-3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
undated
Fernhill Park: History - deeds, 1913-1919
File — Drawer 3-3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1913-1919
Fernhill Park: property management - underpass, 2024
File — Drawer 3-3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
2024
#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
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
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
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
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.
Ordinance appropriating ground in the 22nd Ward for an addition to Fernhill Park, and placing the same under the jurisdiction of the Commissioners of Fairmount Park, 1915 December 13
Item — Drawer 3-3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1915 December 13