Kemble Park
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Fanny Kemble Abolitionist Memorial Park
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
Fairmount Park System, WPA construction: Kemble Park proposals, 1941
File — Shelf 34, Box: 37
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:
1941
Harpers Hollow and Kemble Park. Plan to revise the lines and grades upon that portion of city plan nos. 178 and 243 bounded by Sixteenth Street, Church Lane, 20th Street, Kemble Avenue, Ogontz Avenue and Olney Avenue and to place upon the city plan Edna Street, Limekiln Turnpike to 19th Street, Widener Terrace, Ogontz Avenue to 19th Street, Grange Street, 16th Street to Ogontz Avenue, Gratz Street, Conlyn Street to Nedro Avenue, 17th Street, Chew Street to Nedro Avenue, Chew Street, 16th Street to Ogontz Avenue, 1922 April 17
Item — Drawer N6: Series 6, Folder: 1.1
Identifier: 6
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:
1922 April 17
Harpers Hollow and Kemble Parks: Sewer plan. Plan no. 64, encompassing Harpers Hollow, Kemble Park, Wakefield Park, and Wister Woods Park, approximately bounded by the intersections of Magnolia Road and Walnut Lane, Conlyn Street and 15th Street, Windram Avenue and Ruscomb Street, and Chelten Road and Green Street, 1960 July
Item — Drawer N6: Series 6, Folder: 1.1
Identifier: 6
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:
1960 July
Harpers Hollow and Kemble Parks: Sewer plan. Plan no. 243, approximately bounded by the intersections of Devon Street and Wister Street, Champlost Street and 16th Street, Sydenham Street and Chew Street, and Chew Avenue and Olney Avenue [fragile], n.d.
Item — Drawer N6: Series 6, Folder: 1.1
Identifier: 6
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.
Harpers Hollow and Kemble Parks: Topographical map, 1983. 1"-30' scale, 1983 March 13
Item — Drawer N6: Series 6, Folder: 1.1
Identifier: 6
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:
1983 March 13
Historic Wingohocking Valley - map showing Parks and Recreation properties and La Salle University properties, 2017 February 16
Item — Drawer N10: Series 10, Folder: 1.1
Identifier: 10
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:
2017 February 16
Kemble Park, 2000
File — Drawer 6.3
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains photographs of the Fairmount Park system and Philadelphia recreation facilities created between 1855 and 2012, primarily photographic prints with some slides, negatives, contact sheets, and transparencies. The collection consists largely of 8 x 10 inch prints documenting park features such as historic houses, guard boxes, landscapes, construction, and demolition, as well as recreation centers, playgrounds, pools, and recreational programming, though sizes and...
Dates:
2000
Kemble Park. Demolition work at Kemble Park acquisition, Ogontz and Olney avenues: Demolition plan, D-1, 1989
Item — Drawer N6: Series 6, Folder: 1.1
Identifier: 6
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:
1989
Kemble Park: History - Articles, ordinances and property survey sketches and notes, 1922, 1926, 1978, 2005, 2016
File — Drawer 4-2
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:
1922; 1926; 1978; 2005; 2016
Kemble Park: Latitudinal and longitudinal plan. Plan made for Apartment Homes, Incorporated, depicting the intersection of Ogontz Avenue and Chew Avenue, 1954 October 19
Item — Drawer N6: Series 6, Folder: 1.1
Identifier: 6
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:
1954 October 19