2000 Belmont Mansion Drive | Philadelphia, PA 19131 | |
About: Visitors to this historic site experience eighteenth and nineteenth century history through the events and lives of people associated with Belmont Mansion in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA. This house museum is dedicated to colonial history and the nineteenth century network of people and places known as the Underground Railroad.
Built in 1745, the mansion is one of the finest examples of Palladian architecture in the United States. The property became part of Fairmount Park in 1869, and the building is now an Underground Railroad museum open to the public for tours.
Belmont Mansion Photos and text courtesy Belmont Mansion |
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