. The official guide book to . VIEW OF SWEET-BKIER FKOM EG«X,ESFIELD. of the ground in December, 1773, and by other purchases in-creased the size of the property until it contained about 200acres. The mansion was commenced immediately afterward,nnd was probably completed about the outbreak of the Eevo- FAIRMOUNT PARK. 355 lution. It was in the Italian style, with centre and wings,bay-window apartments, and a steep roof in the Mansardstyle. The grounds were handsomely laid out and decoratedwith fruits, flowers and statuary. Penn devised it in 1795 tohis widow, Anne Penn, a daught
. The official guide book to . VIEW OF SWEET-BKIER FKOM EG«X,ESFIELD. of the ground in December, 1773, and by other purchases in-creased the size of the property until it contained about 200acres. The mansion was commenced immediately afterward,nnd was probably completed about the outbreak of the Eevo- FAIRMOUNT PARK. 355 lution. It was in the Italian style, with centre and wings,bay-window apartments, and a steep roof in the Mansardstyle. The grounds were handsomely laid out and decoratedwith fruits, flowers and statuary. Penn devised it in 1795 tohis widow, Anne Penn, a daughter of Chief-Justice VIEW ABOVE SWEET-BKIKK. William Bingham, first United States Senator from Penn-sylvania, a man of high fashion, whose beautiful wife, Anne,daughter of Thomas Willing, partner of Robert Morris, wasthe leader of society about the beginning of the present cen- 356 FAIRMOUNT PAEK. tury, bought the property in 1797, and lived there for someyears in great style. During the time the seat of nationalgovernment was at Philadelphia, Binghams house was theabode of hospitality and the resort of the most distinguishedpeople of the time. A daughter of Bingham married Alex-ander Baring, afterward Lord Ashburton, and thus it passedinto the Baring family, from whom it was purchased forPark purposes. Lansdowne would have been a most inter-esting relic for preservation, but unfortunately it was burnedsome years ago—before the Park was established. Just beyond Lansdowne concourse, upon the southern partof this ground, are the main Exhibition building, extendingto Belmont avenue, Memorial Hall and the A
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