Wister's Woods Park
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Wisters Woods Park
Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
Belfield Avenue and Wister Street proposed new roadway and island, 1960 February 4
Item — Drawer N10: Series 10, Folder: 2.1
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:
1960 February 4
Bronze War Memorial Tablet: Correspondence from the Art Jury to the Fairmount Park Commission approving design; blueprint design [fragile; in 3 pieces], 1921 October 29
Item — Drawer N10: Series 10, Folder: 2.1
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:
1921 October 29
Fairmount Park System, WPA construction: Wisters Woods proposals, 1941-1942
File — Shelf 34, Box: 37
Dates:
1941-1942
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
House: Wister's Woods, Belfield Avenue north of Lindley Avenue, W.P.A. project no. 14191, 1938 March
Item — Drawer N10: Series 10, Folder: 2.1
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:
1938 March
Paving and sewer work at Wister Woods: Site plan and details, 1986 October
Item — Drawer N10: Series 10, Folder: 2.1
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:
1986 October
Plan of properties to be exchanged by Mrs. W.R. Wright and the Fairmount Park Commission [fragile], 1917 April 2
Item — Drawer N10: Series 10, Folder: 2.1
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:
1917 April 2
Plan of property to be conveyed from the Sisters of St. Basil to Fairmount Park, 1956 October 24
Item — Drawer N10: Series 10, Folder: 2.1
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:
1956 October 24
Plan of proposed addition to Wister's Woods, 1923 February 21
Item — Drawer N10: Series 10, Folder: 2.1
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:
1923 February 21
Plan of revision of lines and grades of that portion of City Plan no. 176, 22nd ward, Philadelphia, bounded by the northwest side of East Logan Street, Wakefield Street Shedaker Street, Rubicam Street, Wister Street and the westwardly right-of-way of the Germantown and Chestnut Hill Branch of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway also to place on City Plan Stenton Avenue from East Logan Street to Shedaker Street, Elwood Street from East Logan Street to Sheldon Street, Sheldon Street from Stanton Avenue to Shedaker Street, Rubicam Street from Stenton Avenue to Shedaker Street and the open parking space formed by the intersection of Stenton Avenue, Rubicam Street and Shedaker Street [2 copies], 1923 April 16
Item — Drawer N10: Series 10, Folder: 2.1
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:
1923 April 16