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Rockland Mansion’s 200th Anniversary (Fairmount Park)
The Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Foundation presents:
Villa Living Lecture
11:30am/3:30pm
$30/Ticket
215-235-2345
Rockland Mansion
East Fairmount Park
3810 Mount Pleasant Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19121
$30/Ticket
215-235-2345
When was the last time you googled yourself on the web? In an age where documentation is so important in identifying who you are as a person, place or organization, some would find discomfort in not having a place to be found. Take Fairmount Park’s Rockland Mansion. It celebrates its 200th anniversary this year, yet it is unidentified through GPS nor brochure maps. The result of its obscurity is its a lack of funding to promote the mansion’s profile. Past owners and tenants of the Rockland Mansion were not celebrities nor any significant figures that could bring much attention to this smaller sized mansion until now. Its current tenants, the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia in conjunction with the Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Foundation seek to raise its awareness to the public through a series of events. An upcoming lecture of “Villa Living along the Schuylkill in the 1800s”, takes place March 13th, at 11:30am and 3:30pm at the mansion. If you are interested in purchasing tickets please call 25-235-2345. Tickets sell for $30 and seating is limited, so hurry!
The three story square shaped house was built in 1810 as a classic Philadelphia style villa influenced by elements of Western, Roman and Greek architecture. Prominent features include an elliptical staircase, decorative ornamentation on fireplaces and plasterwork and full length sliding sash windows that lead the parlor to the back porch overlooking the river.
For the full article in the Philadelphia Inquirer by Carolyn Davis, “Hidden Gem”, go here
Pictures by Michael Bryant:
Written by administrator on 03/08/2010 in Architecture | Blog | History
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