| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
|
Nevil, Thomas, 1721-1797, architect. |
| Title |
Mt. Pleasant. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1870 |
| Date |
[ca. 1870] |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 9 x 18 cm (3.25 x 6.75 in.) (stereograph format) |
| Description |
Exterior view of the front of the Middle-Georgian country house built 1761-1765 for Captain John Macpherson after the designs
of Thomas Nevil on Mount Pleasant Drive in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. View includes two wood frames leaning against
the house. Macpherson, a privateer during the Seven Years’ War, purchased the estate with profits from these operations. Free
white and Black laborers, indentured servants, and at least four enslaved people of African descent, whose names are unknown,
worked on the plantation. In 1779, General Benedict Arnold purchased Mount Pleasant for his wife Peggy Shippen, but they never
occupied the house. In 1792, General Jonathan Williams purchased the mansion. The City of Philadelphia purchased the property
from the Williams family in 1869. On behalf of the city, the Philadelphia Museum of Art restored the house in 1926.
|
| Is part of |
Fairmount Park. Philadelphia. No. 63 |
| Notes |
Yellow paper mount with rounded corners. |
|
Title printed on mount. |
|
Date inferred from photographic medium and content. |
|
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886. |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
|
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801 -- Homes and haunts. |
|
Macpherson, John, 1726-1792 -- Homes and haunts. |
|
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Mansions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Plantations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Slavery -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Mount Pleasant (Philadelphia, Pa. : Estate) |
|
Mount Pleasant Drive (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
|
Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
| Associated name |
Nevil, Thomas, 1721-1797, architect. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - Residences [(3)1322.F.57c] |
| Accession number |
(3)1322.F.57c |
