Cobbs Creek Park
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:
Cobbs Creek Park: Trail Master Plan for Cobbs Creek Park, 2001 April
Item — Shelf 15
Dates:
2001 April
Cobbs Creek Park, Whitby Avenue Bridge: History File including proposal and specifications for work done, 1930 May 31
File — Drawer 2-2
Dates:
1930 May 31
Cobbs Creek Park, Women's Locker House: Bid "Specification of Materials and Workmanship to be used in Alterations and Additions to the Women's Locker House in Cobbs Creek Park, Philadelphia, for the Commissioners of Fairmount Park" by Walter Smedley, Architect., Terminus ante quem 1926 January 20
File — Drawer 2-2
Dates:
Terminus ante quem 1926 January 20
Cobbs Creek Park, Woodland Dam: Cultural Landscape Inventory, 2000 June 5
Item — Shelf 14
Dates:
2000 June 5
Correspondence between Henry, Pepper, Bodine, and Pepper and the Fairmount Park Commission relative to the acquisition of a parcel of land adjacent to Morris Park , 1916 December-1917 January
Item — Drawer 1-5
Dates:
1916 December-1917 January
Fairmount Park Commission Administrative History
Collection
Identifier: FP.2010.001.002
Abstract
In the early part of the nineteenth century, Philadelphia City Council took action to protect the purity of public water. This involved the acquisition of property on the banks of the Schuylkill River in order to eliminate polluting waste that had previously been generated by various industrial sites along the river. The City’s newly acquired property was dedicated to the health and enjoyment of the citizens of Philadelphia, and became known as Fairmount Park. The Fairmount Park Commission...
Dates:
1860-2011
Fairmount Park Commission Administrative History: Correspondence and Meeting Minutes related to Cobbs Creek, Tacony Creek and Pennypack Creek, 1910-1953
File
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains various materials that document the history of the Fairmount Park, and subsequently the history of the activities of the Fairmount Park Commission. The collection also includes a good deal of contextual information, such as information on the early history of Philadelphia and its surrounding area. This collection demonstrates at once the autonomy of the Fairmount Park Commission and its integral role in the evolution of Philadelphia’s urban landscape. The...
Dates:
1910-1953
Fairmount Park System, WPA construction: Cobbs Creek proposals, 1940-1942
File — Shelf 34, Box: 37
Dates:
1940-1942
Lansdowne. Cobbs Creek Park, n.d.
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a multitude of images of the Fairmount Park system created between 1855 and 2012 in a variety of formats. The “Photographic prints” collection consists of primarily of 8 x 10 prints of various park features, such as historic houses, guard boxes, landscape, construction and demolition, although sizes and content does vary widely throughout. This collection is a combination of photos which are official documents of the Fairmount Park Commission, and...
Dates:
n.d.