Details
Creator Brightbill, George M., collector.
Title Lemon Hill postcards. [graphic].
Date 1905-1910
Physical Description 9 photomechanical prints (postcards): photolithograph; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description Exterior views of front facade of house and entrance stairway commissioned by Henry Pratt in 1799 on land called "The Hills" by the previous owner, Robert Morris. Pratt purchased the land at a sheriff's sale after Morris claimed bankruptcy. Morris's villa had been destroyed by fire, leaving only the greenhouse, which Pratt retained when he built Lemon Hill. In 1844, several years after Pratt's death, Lemon Hill became the first mansion aqcuired by the city of Philadelphia to create a public park.
Notes Contains 6 postcards printed in color and 3 printed in black and white.
Also known as the Headquarters of Colonial Dames of America, Chapter II (1957) and the Henry Pratt House.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Pratt, Henry, 1761-1838 -- Homes and haunts.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- East.
Lemon Hill Drive (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1910.
Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1910.
Postcards -- 1900-1910.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Lemon Hill - 79]
Accession number Brightbill 79
079-a02-b