Wyck House and Rose Garden

Wyck House and Rose Garden is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, dedicated 2025.

Philadelphia County · dedicated 2025 · Germantown Ave. & Walnut Ln., Philadelphia

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Home to nine generations of a Quaker family who were leaders in science, education, glassmaking, horticulture, and brewing. First house, 1690. 1720s house altered in 1824 by William Strickland. Rose garden designed in 1821 by Jane Bowne Haines supported over 50 rare cultivars.

3.3 miles from where William Pickney Maulsby (Maltby) lived in the 1680s

what this marker records spans 1690 to 1824, overlapping William Pickney Maulsby (Maltby)'s years here

From one family's 77-marker roster

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Wyck House and Rose Garden

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