Rockland Mansion (Philadelphia)

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Rockland Mansion (Philadelphia)

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Rockland Mansion located in East Fairmount Park at 3810 Mount Pleasant Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19121Significance: Rockland, erected ca. 1810, is an excellent example of a Federal style house built by skilled, local carpenters and masons, and exhibiting many similarities to earlier country houses built along the Schyulkill River. The elliptical staircase possesses classic Adamesque details and is one of the few of its type that survives in the Philadelphia area.

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05/08/2010
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Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Online Catalog: HABS PA,51-PHILA,755-3
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