Rand McNally Philadelphia guide to the city and environs . when Arnolds treason became known,the State confiscated the life interest which he had 1781 and 1782 the place was tenanted by Generalthe Baron von Steuben. The house is now utihzed as a res-taurant. A short distance above Mount Pleasant is Rockland, a resi-dence built about 1810; nearby is a promontory from whichthere is a beautiful view of the river and of the heights beyondit. Other old estates farther on are Ormiston and Edgeley,both below the great East Park Reservoir. Beyond the latterwe turn inland, and, making
Rand McNally Philadelphia guide to the city and environs . when Arnolds treason became known,the State confiscated the life interest which he had 1781 and 1782 the place was tenanted by Generalthe Baron von Steuben. The house is now utihzed as a res-taurant. A short distance above Mount Pleasant is Rockland, a resi-dence built about 1810; nearby is a promontory from whichthere is a beautiful view of the river and of the heights beyondit. Other old estates farther on are Ormiston and Edgeley,both below the great East Park Reservoir. Beyond the latterwe turn inland, and, making a long detour past the old Woodford Mansion (now used as a park police office, andnoted for the Franklin trees in its garden), we reach the Dauphin St. or Ridge to the park, andthe populous precincts ofStrawberry Hill. This is theterminus of the Park Trol-ley, and of several lines ofstreet cars marked Straw-berry Mansion. Strawberry Mansion isan old-fashioned country Lemon Hill Mansion hoUSC, SUrrOUUdcd by big 7a7e62* trccs and commanding a. R A N D McN ALLY PHILADELPHIA GUIDE 65
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