Stenton | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Stenton-mansion.png) Stenton mansion in November 1960 | |
| Location | 4601 North 18th Street, Logan, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 40°1′25.6″N 75°9′16.6″W / 40.023778°N 75.154611°W |
| Area | 3 acres (12,000 m2) |
| Built | 1723–1730 |
| Architect | John Nicholas (d. 1756), master builder |
| Architectural style | American Georgian |
| Website | http://www.stenton.org |
| NRHP reference No. | 66000690[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 12, 1965 |
Stenton, also known as the James Logan Home, was the country home of James Logan, the first Mayor of Philadelphia and Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court during the colonial-era governance of the Province of Pennsylvania. The home is located at 4601 North 18th Street in the Logan neighborhood of North Philadelphia.
Charles Follen McKim once pronounced the home to be the finest example of colonial architecture in the United States.[2]
- ^ NHL Listing at the National Park Service
- ^ Philadelphia. Vol. 10. City Government Publishing Company (published 1909). July 1909. p. 9.
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