Wister's Woods Park
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Wisters Woods Park
Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
Tennis courts, Wister's Woods, present elevations and location plan, 1956 December 1
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 December 1
Topographic plan of Wakefield Park and Wister's Woods Park and surrounding area, n.d.
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:
n.d.
Topographic plan of Wister's Woods Park, 1948 January 26
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:
1948 January 26
Topographical plan made for Fairmount Park Commission, 1980 September 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:
1980 September 16
Wakefield Park and Wister's Woods Park. Plan to place upon City Plan no. 178 Ashdale Street from Belfield Avenue to Ogontz Avenue, 1928 May 8
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:
1928 May 8
Wakefield Park and Wisters Woods Park. Topographic plan, 1983 March 13
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:
1983 March 13
Wister's Woods Park
File — Drawer 5.4
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:
c.1855 - c. 2012
Wister's Woods Park: Agreement to exchange property adjoining Wister's Woods, 1917 June 20
Item — Drawer 6-4
Wister's Woods Park: History - excerpts and histories related to Belfield and Charles Willson Peale, n.d.
File — Drawer 6-4
Dates:
n.d.