Mansions on the Tour

Laurel Hill
Lemon Hill
Mount Pleasant
Strawberry Mansion
Woodford

More about each mansion from the Philadelphia Museum of Art web site:

Laurel Hill
Lemon Hill
Mount Pleasant
Strawberry Mansion
Woodford

The 80th Annual Stotesbury Cup Regatta
May 19 and 20, 2006

Woodford.jpg 256x197 Built circa 1770, Woodford stands as an excellent example of Philadelphia Georgian architecture with its three-part Venetian window, pedimented entrance and dentiled cornice.


Fairmount Park Mansions Tour

 While in Philadelphia for the regatta, take some time to visit the historic Fairmount Park Mansions. The Fairmount Park Mansions Tour will take you to 5 mansions, all in the East Park on the plateau overlooking Kelly Drive, the Schuylkill River and the regatta venue. The Schuylkill Navy, host of the Stotesbury Cup Regatta, has made special arrangements with Fairmount Park Commission and Philadelphia Trolly Works bus service to provide convenient tours from the regatta venue.

Purchase tickets at our tent near Kelly's statue at the regatta finish line. Cost is $20/adult and $13/child and senior citizen. Tours depart at 9:45 am, 10:45 am, 11:45 am, 12:45 pm, and 1:45 pm. Shuttle buses will pick you up along Kelly Drive, take you to the mansions, and get you back to the venue in about 2 1/2 hours.

Come see eighteenth & early nineteenth century historic mansions established as rural retreats by prominent families of the city. These mansions are considered to be the most significant architectural examples of their kind in the United States. Choose the links in the left column to read about each mansion on the tour.

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Here is just one of the Fairmount Park Mansions you'll visit

Laurel Hill

The tale of Laurel Hill is right out of your American history book. Come discover the surprising and true story of Rebecca Rawle, a wealthy widow, who built this small country house in the Georgian style around 1767. After Rawle's second marriage to Philadelphia mayor Samuel Shoemaker, she lost her house during the American Revolution after the state legislator seized it because she and her husband were British Loyalists. (Yes, there were many Philadelphians who opposed the Revolution and sided with the British!) Fear not, Rawle was successful in regaining her property.

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