Main entry:

Moss, Roger W., 1940-

Title & Author:

Historic houses of Philadelphia : a tour of the region's museum homes / Roger W. Moss ; photographs by Tom Crane.

Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1998.

Description:

xiii, 240 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm

Notes:
"A Barra Foundation book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-234) and index.
Historic preservation in Philadelphia -- Center City and nearby New Jersey -- Elfreth's Alley -- Betsy Ross House -- Todd House -- Powel House -- Bishop White House -- Physick House -- The Rosenbach Museum and Library -- Walt Whitman House -- Pomona Hall -- Barclay Farmstead -- Greenfield Hall -- Schuylkill River and Fairmount Park -- Bellair -- Historic Bartram's Garden -- The Woodlands -- Sweetbrier -- Cedar Grove -- Lemon Hill -- Mount Pleasant -- Laurel Hill -- Woodford -- Strawberry -- Germantown -- Rittenhouse Town -- Cliveden -- Upsala -- Johnson House -- Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion -- Wyck -- Deshler-Morris House -- Crumblethorpe -- Stenton -- Delaware River -- Andalusia -- Glen Foerd -- Pennsbury Manor -- Trent House -- Burholme -- Northern and Western suburbs -- Hope Lodge -- Graeme Park -- The Highlands -- Fonthill -- Peter Wentz Farmstead -- Pennypacker Mills -- Harriton -- The Grange -- Waynesborough -- Brinton 1704 House -- Barns-Brinton House -- John Chads House -- Caleb Pusey House -- Illustrated glossary of architectural terms.

Summary:

"With 160 photographs, Historic Houses of Philadelphia brings the region's most impressive museum homes to life. The only comprehensive readers' tour of the area's rich array of historic residences open to the public, the book is complete with maps, touring information, and historical notes on fifty distinctive homes." "The spectacular homes included in the book range in location from Center City, Fairmount Park, and Germantown to Philadelphia outskirts along the Delaware River and into the western suburbs of a city built on history."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

0812234383 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780812234381 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0812216474 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780812216479 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Dwellings Pennsylvania Philadelphia Region.
Historic house museums Pennsylvania Philadelphia Region.
Architecture, Domestic Pennsylvania Philadelphia Region.
Architecture, Domestic
Buildings
Dwellings
Historic house museums
Architecture domestique États-Unis Philadelphie (Pa.)
Philadelphia (Pa.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Pennsylvania Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Philadelphia Region
Philadelphie (Pa.) Descriptions et voyages.

Form/genre:

Authors' autographs. PPA

Added entries:

Crane, Tom, photographer.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 197387
Call No.: ID F158.7.M67; ID:98-B1689
Status: Available