Mount Pleasant | |
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| Location | Mount Pleasant Drive, between Kelly Drive and Columbia Avenue Fairmount Park Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 39°59′00″N 75°11′59″W / 39.98337°N 75.19981°W |
| Area | Less than 1-acre (4,000 m2) |
| Built | c. 1761 |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 66000685 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966[1] |
| Designated NHL | May 30, 1974[2] |
Mount Pleasant is a historic mansion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, atop cliffs overlooking the Schuylkill River. It was built about 1761–62 in what was then the countryside outside the city by John Macpherson and his wife Margaret. Macpherson was a privateer, or perhaps a pirate, who had had "an arm twice shot off" according to John Adams. He named the house "Clunie" after the ancient seat of his family's clan in Scotland.[3]
The builder-architect was Thomas Nevell (1721—1797), an apprentice of Edmund Woolley, who built Independence Hall. The house is administered by the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Fairmount Park.[4]
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974.[2][5]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "Mount Pleasant". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2008.
- ^ "Mount Pleasant". Independence Hall Association.
- ^ "Fairmount Park Houses: Mount Pleasant". Philadelphia Museum of Art.
- ^ Patricia Heintzelman (August 30, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination" (pdf). National Park Service.
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