Sweetbriar Mansion
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:
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
Lease between Fairmount Park Commission and Lillie M. Kerns, 1894 June 2
Item — Drawer 5-5
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:
1894 June 2
Letter to Eli Kirk Price from Clare McLean regarding a proposal to occupy and restore the house, enclosed with memorandum of approximate costs, 1927 May 20
Item — Drawer 5-5
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:
1927 May 20
Sketch of area around Sweetbriar Mansion, n.d.
Item — Drawer F13 and F14, Folder: 6.2
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:
n.d.
Sweetbriar: Historic Structure Report - Sweetbriar Mansion, 1994 December 16
Item — Shelf Wooden 2
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:
1994 December 16
Sweetbriar Mansion, n.d.
File — Multiple Containers
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:
undated
Sweetbriar Mansion: 1, basement plan, ground floor plan; 2, main floor plan and landing; 3, second floor plan, third floor plan; 4, west elevation, south elevation; 5, east elevation, north elevation, 1963 December
Item — Drawer F13 and F14, 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:
1963 December
Sweetbriar Mansion: 1, first floor plan; 2, second floor plan; 3, front elevation; 4, garden elevation; 5, sections and elevations; 6, sections and elevations; 7, window and plaster details and sections; 8, dormer and cornice elevations and sections; 9, section through stair hall; 10, elevation of stair hall arch; 11, elevation of mantel in parlor; 12, elevation of mantel in dining room; 13, elevation of mantel in sitting room; 14, elevation of kitchen cabinets, 1932
Item — Drawer F13 and F14, Folder: 6.2
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:
1932
Sweetbriar Mansion: attic floor plan; second floor plan; first floor plan; basement floor plan; plot plan, 1927 June 6
Item — Drawer F13 and F14, Folder: 6.2
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:
1927 June 6
Sweetbriar Mansion. Domestic water alteration at Sweetbriar Mansion: basement floor plan - demolition (P1.0); ground floor plan - demolition (P1.1); first and second floor plan - existing (P1.2); third floor plan - existing conditions (P1.3); basement floor plan - new work (P2.0); ground floor plan - new work (P2.1); riser diagram - demolition and new work (P3.0); specifications and details (P4.0), 2015 August 18
Item — Drawer F13 and F14, 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:
2015 August 18