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Name, City, Type of Resource

House Museum Pennsylvania Philadelphia

  PA

  Philadelphia

  Betsy Ross House

  239 Arch Street

  Philadelphia  PA  19106    

  Phone  215 686-1252

  Web Site http://www.betsyrosshouse.org/

  Description  home of the maker of the first American flag with the stars and stripes

                    as we know it

  Type of Resource  House Museum

  Primary Focus  Famous People

  Era  1740

  New or Updated:  9/15/2006

  Pennsylvania
  Philadelphia
  Cedar Grove Museum
  Fairmount Park
  Philadelphia   PA    19104   
  Phone   215 763-8100
  Web Site  http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/parkhouse/cedargrove.shtml
  E-mail  mailto:jmcneely@philamuseum.org 
  Description  one time summer home of prominent Coates and Morris families, part of                     Fairmount Park collection
  Type of Resource   House Museum
  Collection A-F Furniture
  Owner/Operator:  Philadelphia Museum of Art
  New or Updated:             4/29/2004

Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Deshler-Morris House
5442 Germantown Pike
Philadelphia PA   19118
Phone 215 596-1748
Web Site www.nps.gov/htdocs/inde/morris.htm
Description House used by General Howe and George Washington
Type of Resource House Museum
Primary Focus President
Nature of Group or Site Government
Field of Study/Science Facility Politics
Era 1772

  Philadelphia
  Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion
  Address  200 West Tulpehocken Street
  Philadelphia     PA
  Phone   215 438-1861
  Web Site  http://www.philadelphiahistoricnw.org/hist.htm
  Description  cloth merchants home in Germantown area
  Type of Resource   House Museum
  Era  1859
  New or Updated:   4/29/2004

Pennsylvania
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
Address
Philadelphia PA
Phone
Web Site www.nps.gov/edal
Description
Type of Resource House Museum
Primary Focus  Famous People

  Philadelphia
  Graff House - Declaration House
  Seventh and Market Streets
  Philadelphia    PA      19106    
  Phone   215 597-8974
  Web Site  http://www.nps.gov/inde/visit.html
  Alt Web  http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/graff/
  Description  reconstruction of house in where Jefferson drafted the Declaration of                     Independence
  Type of Resource   House Museum
  Primary Focus  President
  Nature of Group or Site  Government
  Industry /Profession Politics
  Era  Revolutionary War
  New or Updated:    4/30/2004

  Pennsylvania
  Philadelphia
  Laurel Hill Mansion
  520 Walnut Street
  Philadelphia   PA   19106    
  Phone   215 627-1770 
  Web Site  http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/parkhouse/laurelhill.shtml
  Description  house overlooking river, one of the original Fairmount Park houses
  Type of Resource   House Museum
  Era  1767
  Owner/Operator:  Women for Greater Philadelphia
  New or Updated:     5/7/2004

  Philadelphia
  Lemon Hill Mansion
  Kelly Drive
  Philadelphia     PA       19130    
  Phone   215 232-4337
  Web Site  http://www.phila.gov/fairpark/culture/architecture/lemonhill.html
  Alt Web  http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/parkhouse/lemonhill.shtml
  Description  Federalist mansion maintained in park land since 1844, twice restored
  Type of Resource   House Museum
  Era  1800
  Owner/Operator:  Colonial Dames of America
  New or Updated:    5/1/2004

  Philadelphia
  Philadelphia  Society for Preservation of Landmarks
  321 South 4th Street
  Philadelphia    PA     19106    
  Phone   215 925-2251
  Web Site  http://www.philalandmarks.org/
  Description  operates for house museums, Elderhostel program
  Type of Resource   House Museum
  Primary Focus  Preservation
  New or Updated:   5/4/2004

  Pennsylvania
  Philadelphia
  Powell House
  244 South 3rd St
  Philadelphia   PA  19106    
  Phone   215 627-0364
  Web Site  *****
  Alt Web  http://www.ushistory.org/tour/tour_powel.htm
  Description  home frequented by George and Martha Washington when in Philadelphia
  Type of Resource   House Museum
  Era  Revolutionary War
  New or Updated:   5/5/2004

Rosenbach Museum and Library
2010 De Lancey Place
Philadelphia PA 19103
Phone 215 732-1600
Web Site www.rosenbach.org/
Description rare book and manuscript collection, arts & antiques in 19th century mansion
Type of Resource House Museum
Primary Focus Arts
Collection A-F Books
Research /Reading Library
Era 19th

  Pennsylvania
  Philadelphia
  Strawberry Mansion Historic
  E Fairmount Park
  Philadelphia   PA   19132    
  Phone   215 228-8364
  Web Site  http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/parkhouse/strawberry.shtml
  Description  one of the Fairmount Park historic houses
  Type of Resource   House Museum
  Primary Focus  Historical Society
  Era  1788
  Owner/Operator:  Committee of 1926
  New or Updated:    5/6/2004

  Pennsylvania
  Philadelphia
  Todd House
  Fourth and Walnut Streets
  Philadelphia  PA  19106    
  Phone   215 597-8974
  Web Site  http://www.nps.gov/inde/todd-house.html
  Alt Web  http://www.gophila.com/culturefiles/historichouses/dolleytodd/
  Description  where James Madison met and married Dolley
  Type of Resource   House Museum
  Primary Focus  President
  Nature of Group or Site  Government
  Industry /Profession Politics
  Era  18th
  New or Updated:     5/7/2004

  Philadelphia
  Wyck
  6026 Germantown Avenue
  Philadelphia PA    19144    
  Phone   215 848-1690
  Web Site  http://www.wyck.org/
  E-mail  mailto:http://www.wyck@wyck.org
  Description  home to 9 generations of one family, 1820 rose garden
  Type of Resource   House Museum
  Primary Focus  Garden
  Collection A-F Decorative Arts
  Era  1690
  New or Updated:    5/8/2004