Following is a list of historic houses and sites in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia (some part of The Charms of Fairmount Park).
Check with sites for hours and information. (Click thumbnail images below to visit websites.)
Belmont Mansion / Underground Railroad Museum
2000 Belmont Mansion Drive
- Historic house museum.
- Built 1745.
“Dedicated to colonial history and the 19th-century network of people and places known as the Underground Railroad”
Cedar Grove
1 Cedar Grove Drive
- Historic house museum. (Managed by Philadelphia Museum of Art)
- Built 1746.
“A family home with a family history”
Laurel Hill Mansion (Randolph House)
3487 Edgley Drive
- Historic house museum. (Managed by Women for Greater Philadelphia)
- Built 1767.
“A story of Tories and treason”
Lemon Hill
1 Lemon Hill Drive
- Historic house museum. (Managed by Fairmount Park Conservancy)
- Built 1800.
“Birthplace of Fairmount Park”
Mount Pleasant
3800 Mount Pleasant Drive
- Historic house museum. (Managed by Philadelphia Museum of Art)
- Built 1762.
“The most elegant seat in Pennsylvania”
Shofuso Japanese House and Gardens
Lansdowne & Horticultural Drives
- Historic site/garden.
- Built 1953.
“17th-century-style Japanese house with associated residential gardens”
Strawberry Mansion
2450 Strawberry Mansion Drive
- Historic house museum. (Managed by Committee of 1926)
- Built 1789.
“The grandest house in Fairmount Park”
Woodford
2300 North 33rd Street
- Historic house museum. (Managed by Naomi Wood Trust)
- Built 1756.
“Exhibiting the Naomi Wood Collection [of early American antiques]”