Fairmount Park is the municipal park system of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə It consists of 63 parks, with 9,200 acres (3,723 hectares), all overseen by the Fairmount Park Commission. The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U Explanation The hectare is commonly used in most countries around the world especially in domains concerned with land planning and management such as Agriculture,
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Fairmount Park proper
The park system is named after its first park, Fairmount Park, which occupies nearly half the area of the whole system, at over 4,100 acres (17 km²). Today, the Commission divides the original park into East and West Fairmount parks. The original domain of Fairmount Park consisted of three areas: "South Park" or the South Garden immediately below the Fairmount Water Works extending to the Callowhill Street Bridge; East or "Old Park" which encompassed the former estates of Lemon Hill and Sedgley; and West Park, the area now comprising the Philadelphia Zoo and the Centennial Exposition grounds. The Fairmount Water Works in Philadelphia Pennsylvania was the first Municipal Waterworks in the United States The Philadelphia Zoo, located in Philadelphia Pennsylvania on the west bank of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, was the first Zoo in the United The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 the first official World's Fair in the United States, was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The South Garden predated the establishment of the Park Commission in 1867 and Lemon Hill and Sedgley were added in 1855-56. After the Civil War, work progressed on acquiring and laying out West Park. In the 1870s, the Fairmount Park Commission acquired industrial properties along the Wissahickon Creek although this is not considered Fairmount Park proper. Wissahickon Creek is a Stream in southeastern Pennsylvania. Rising in Montgomery County Pennsylvania, it runs about 23 miles (37 km passing Likewise the Schuylkill River Trail is a modern addition and was not included in 19th-century acquisitions. The Schuylkill River Trail is a Multi-use trail under construction along the banks of the Schuylkill River in southeastern Pennsylvania.
Growth
The park grew out of the Lemon Hill estate of Henry Pratt, whose land was originally owned by Robert Morris, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Userpolbot from http//bioguidecongressgov/scripts/biodisplaypl?index=P000501 Robert Morris Jr (ˈmɒrɨs ( January 20, 1734 – May 9, 1806) was an American merchant and a signer to the United States This article is about declarations of independence in general It was dedicated to the public by City Council's ordinance on September 15, 1855. The Philadelphia City Council, the legislative body of Philadelphia Pennsylvania, consists of ten members elected by district and seven members elected at-large Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year A series of state and local legislative acts over the next three years increased the holdings of the city, incorporating mansions, waterworks, gardens, and even territory previously set aside for the Zoological Society of Philadelphia. In 1858, the city called for a comprehensive plan and the new Fairmount Park Commission held a design competition to determine the best way to “protect and improve the purity of the Schuylkill water supply” while also creating a naturally landscaped public park.
As the site of the 1876 Centennial Exposition and the first zoo in the United States, the Philadelphia Zoo, Fairmount Park was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 7, 1972. The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 the first official World's Fair in the United States, was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania A zoological garden, shortened to zoo, is an institution in which living animals are exhibited in captivity The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Philadelphia Zoo, located in Philadelphia Pennsylvania on the west bank of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, was the first Zoo in the United The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Properties
Today, the system includes the Centennial Arboretum, Philadelphia's Horticulture Center, Fairmount Water Works, Rockland, Joshua Fisher's The Cliffs (1753), William Peters' Belmont Mansion (1745), Woodford mansion, Memorial Hall, the Belmont Plateau, Japanese house, Bartram's Garden (America’s oldest living botanical garden), Philadelphia Museum of Art, Boathouse Row, Azalea Garden, recreation centers, reservoirs, and countless statues (as well as other pieces of art) as determined by the park. The Fairmount Water Works in Philadelphia Pennsylvania was the first Municipal Waterworks in the United States Centennial Arboretum (27 acres is an Arboretum located at the Horticulture Center, Fairmount Park, at the southeast corner of Belmont and Montgomery Drives The Horticultural Center in Philadelphia contains an Arboretum, greenhouse demonstration gardens and a Japanese house and garden The Fairmount Water Works in Philadelphia Pennsylvania was the first Municipal Waterworks in the United States Joshua Fisher (1707 &ndash February 1, 1783) was a prominent Philadelphiamerchant involved in Transatlantic trade and Mapmaking as The Cliffs is a historic country house located near 33rd and Oxford Sts William Peters (1702 – 1786 was a prominent figure in Philadelphia in the colonial and revolutionary era Belmont Mansion is a historic mansion located in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Woodford is a historic mansion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Designed by Hermann J Schwarzmann for the Centennial Exposition, Memorial Hall is made of brick glass iron and granite Bartram's Garden (46 acres is the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America including an historic Botanical garden and Arboretum (8 acres established circa The Philadelphia Museum of Art, located at the west end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia 's Fairmount Park, was established in 1876 Boathouse Row is a Historic site located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the east bank of the Schuylkill River.
Mount Pleasant, built in what was then the countryside outside of the city by a privateer. Mount Pleasant is a Mansion located in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, and was built in what was then the countryside outside of the city by a Privateer. A privateer was a private Warship authorized by a country's Government by Letters of marque to attack foreign shipping [1] It is now an off-premise gallery of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Fairmount Park. The Philadelphia Museum of Art, located at the west end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia 's Fairmount Park, was established in 1876 [2]
The 63 neighborhood and regional parks are:
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See also
External links
- Fairmount Park Commission, City of Philadelphia
- Philadelphia Zoo
- Public Art in Philadelphia
- Fairmount Park Conservancy
- Article: Cherry Tree Maintenance at Fairmount Park
References
- ^ Mount Pleasant. (html). Kay Park is a park in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland. It was purchased laid out and gifted to the town of Kilmarnock Logan Circle, also known as Logan Square, is an open-space park in Center City Philadelphia 's northwest quadrant and one of the five original planned The Schuylkill Canal was an interconnected series of Canal reaches and slack water pools along the Schuylkill River in the U Penn Treaty Park is a small park on the western bank of the Delaware river, in the Philadelphia neighborhood of Fishtown. Pennypack Park is a part of Philadelphia 's Fairmount Park system that is located in Northeast Philadelphia in the U Rittenhouse Square is one of the five original open-space Parks planned by William Penn and his surveyor Thomas Holme during the late 17th century in central The following roads are called Roosevelt Boulevard: Roosevelt Boulevard (Jacksonville in Jacksonville Florida Roosevelt Boulevard Stephen Girard Park is a park in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, in the South Philadelphia neighborhood at 21st and Shunk Streets Wakefield-MINI-CHALLENGE-2008jpg|thumb|right|Race 3 gets underway during Round 2 of the 2008 MINI CHALLENGE Washington Square, originally designated in 1682 as Southeast Square is an open-space park in Center City Philadelphia 's Southeast quadrant and one of the five original The Schuylkill River Trail is a Multi-use trail under construction along the banks of the Schuylkill River in southeastern Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia Aquarium, one of the first Aquariums in the United States, was located on the shore of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia’s HTML, an initialism of HyperText Markup Language, is the predominant Markup language for Web pages It provides a means to describe the structure Independence Hall Association. The Independence Hall Association (IHA was founded in 1942 to spearhead the creation of Independence National Historical Park, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “It was built in 1761-62 by Captain John Macpherson, a privateer who had had "an arm twice shot off" according to John Adams. A privateer was a private Warship authorized by a country's Government by Letters of marque to attack foreign shipping John Adams (October 30 1735 July 4 1826 was one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States. The pirate called the house "Clunie" after the seat of his family's ancient clan in Scotland. Clunie is a small settlement in Perthshire, Scotland, 7 km west of Blairgowrie. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ”
- ^ Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Philadelphia Museum of Art, located at the west end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia 's Fairmount Park, was established in 1876 "Fairmount Park Houses: Mount Pleasant." (html). HTML, an initialism of HyperText Markup Language, is the predominant Markup language for Web pages It provides a means to describe the structure “Scottish ship captain John Macpherson (1726–1792) and his first wife, Margaret, built their grand country estate on this site—high atop cliffs overlooking the Schuylkill River—between 1762 and 1765. The Scots people ( Scots Gaelic: Albannaich) are a Nation and an Ethnic group indigenous to Scotland. The Schuylkill River, most often ˈskuːkəl ("SKOO-kull" is a river in the U They employed as their builder-architect Thomas Nevell (1721–1797), an apprentice of Edmund Woolley, the builder of Independence Hall. Edmund Woolley (c 1695 - 1771 was an early American Architect and master Carpenter. ”
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