Rand McNally Philadelphia guide to the city and environs . East Shore, Schuylkill River Fairmount Park Page 63 I RAND McNALLY PHILADELPHIA GUIDE 67. Mount Pleasant Fairn-iount Park Page 64 The Lansdowne Drive best exhibits the features of this great pleasur eground. It takes its name from the estate Lansdowne once belonging to John Penn, called the American, whose nephew, John, built near here a house known as Eg- glesfield, in which he lived during the Revolution. The Drive begins at the western end of the Girard Ave. bridge, where stands a relic of the time of Penn, in the Httle Letitia or P
Rand McNally Philadelphia guide to the city and environs . East Shore, Schuylkill River Fairmount Park Page 63 I RAND McNALLY PHILADELPHIA GUIDE 67. Mount Pleasant Fairn-iount Park Page 64 The Lansdowne Drive best exhibits the features of this great pleasur eground. It takes its name from the estate Lansdowne once belonging to John Penn, called the American, whose nephew, John, built near here a house known as Eg- glesfield, in which he lived during the Revolution. The Drive begins at the western end of the Girard Ave. bridge, where stands a relic of the time of Penn, in the Httle Letitia or Penn House, the first brick structure erected in Philadelphia. Somewhat beyond it is the old *Sweet Brier Mansion, built about 1810 by Samuel Breck,an eminent citizen and politician of that period. Sweet Briercommands one of the many wide and attractive views of theriver; immediately beyond it a rustic bridge carries the driveacross Lansdowne Ravine into that part of the Park occupiedby the Centennial Exposition. Horticultural Hall. Here are still kept the magnificent treeferns and other tropical plants which delighted visitors duringthe Cente
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