The Woodlands

The Woodlands is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, dedicated 1996.

4000 Woodland Ave., Philadelphia

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Here, William Hamilton (1745-1813) created one of the finest landscape gardens of its day and introduced many exotic plants. His mansion and stable, built 1787-92, are early examples of the neoclassical Adamesque-Federal style. In 1840 the estate became one of the first large rural cemeteries in America. The writer S. Weir Mitchell, artist Thomas Eakins, nurse-reformer Alice Fisher, and architect Wilson Eyre are buried here.

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Historical maps covering this location

1752 · A map of Philadelphia and parts adjacent with a perspective view of the State-house… (Leiden University Libraries)
1755 · North America from the French of Mr. D'Anville, improved with the back settlements of… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1777 · A plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia COLLBN 011-04-044 (Leiden University Libraries)
1778 · The course of Delaware River from Philadelphia to Chester, exhibiting the several works… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1779 · A plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia : with the works and encampments of His… (Historical map archives, georeferenced via Allmaps)

North America from the French of Mr. D'Anville, improved with the back settlements of…, 1755, covering the location of The Woodlands, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — North America from the French of Mr. D'Anville, improved with the back settlements of…, 1755, covering this location. Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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