Cedar Grove
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Fairmount Park System: History - essays by Halperin, Martha (2 of 2), 1983-2002
File — Drawer 6-5
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:
1983-2002
Historic Houses: Philadelphia Museum of Art tour docent training. Includes background material for Cedar Grove, Laurel Hill, Lemon Hill, Mount Pleasant, Strawberry Mansion, Sweetbriar and Woodford, n.d.
Item — Shelf 18
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains technical reports, studies, and project documentation related to Fairmount Park system properties and Philadelphia recreation facilities. Materials include historic structure reports, cultural landscape inventories, archaeological investigations, preservation and conservation evaluations, building condition assessments, master plans, environmental site assessments, engineering reports, project manuals and specifications, feasibility studies, maintenance and operation...
Dates:
undated
Letter from Miss Lydia T. Morris to the Fairmount Park Commission offering the Cedar Grove homestead to the Commissioners of Fairmount Park for re-erection in West Park, 1926 March 30
Item — Drawer 5-3
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:
1926 March 30
Letter to Lydia T. Morris from the Fairmount Park Commission secretary thanking her for her offer to donate Cedar Grove to the City, 1926 April 23
Item — Drawer 5-3
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:
1926 April 23
Letters from Maurice Bower Saul to Eli Kirk Price regarding the site of Cedar Grove, 1925 January-1926 February
Item — Drawer 5-3
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:
1925 January-1926 February
New sanitary facilities for Cedar Grove Mansion, 1956 March 19
Item — Drawer F12b, Folder: 6.1
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to East and West Fairmount Park. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in topographic plans, covering the entire region, and structural...
Dates:
1956 March 19
West Fairmount Park, Cedar Grove: Cedar Grove Trust Fund, 2022-2025
File — Drawer 5-3
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:
2022-2025
West Fairmount Park, Cedar Grove: History - articles, excerpts, histories, images and newspaper clippings, 1945-1963
File — Drawer 5-3
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:
1945-1963
West Fairmount Park, Cedar Grove: History - correspondence and records, 1926-1976
File — Drawer 5-3
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:
1926-1976
West Fairmount Park, Cedar Grove: History - interpretive material, 2000
File — Drawer 5-3
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:
2000
