Rockland Mansion

The Rockland Mansion is a 2+1⁄2-story, Federal-style mansion that is located in east Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, overlooking the Schuylkill River.

Rockland Mansion
Location3810 Mount Pleasant Drive, Philadelphia
Coordinates39°59′09″N 75°11′59″W
Builtc. 1810
Architectural style(s)Federal
Governing bodyPhiladelphia Parks & Recreation
OwnerCity of Philadelphia
Official nameRockland
DesignatedMay 31, 1960[1]
DesignatedFebruary 7, 1972
Reference no.72001151[2][3]
Rockland Mansion is located in Philadelphia
Rockland Mansion
Location of Rockland Mansion in Philadelphia
Rockland Mansion is located in Pennsylvania
Rockland Mansion
Rockland Mansion (Pennsylvania)
Rockland Mansion is located in the United States
Rockland Mansion
Rockland Mansion (the United States)

History and architectural features

The land was bought by a Philadelphia merchant named George Thomson in 1809. The mansion was completed circa 1810 using rubble stone for the masonry work which was then finished with stucco scored to resemble cut stone. Thomson used the house as a summer residence for about five years and then sold it to another merchant named Isaac Jones in 1815 whose son sold it to the city in 1870. The house and original plot of 26 acres (11 ha) of land are situated adjacent to the Mount Pleasant Mansion along Mount Pleasant Drive.[4]

Beginning in 2002, the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia (PCoP) entered into a long-term lease arrangement with the city, via the Fairmount Park Conservancy's Historic Preservation Trust. Between 2002 and 2005, PCoP restored the house with help from the trust. PCoP relocated its administrative offices to the mansion, and schedules educational and community-related activities there.[5]

The city's leasing agreements for Fairmount Park properties require lessees to commit financial resources to help with restoration and ongoing maintenance work.[6] The lessees are not permitted to alter the historic architectural features of the structures, and must allow for public access.[7]

Rockland Mansion is registered on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places[1] and is an inventoried structure within the Fairmount Park Historic District entry on the National Register of Historic Places.[2][3]

See also

References
  1. "Resources Listed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places Without Official Addresses" (archive). phila.gov. Philadelphia Historical Commission. April 9, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  2. "National Register Information System – Fairmount Park (#72001151)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2017. (archive)
  3. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form" (archive). by George B. Tatum of the Philadelphia Historical Commission. dot7.state.pa.us. National Park Service document via the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Cultural Resources Geographic Information System, the Department of Transportation website and the records of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. January 11, 1972. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  4. Blutstein, Janet G. (1994). "Rockland" (PDF). Historic American Buildings Survey. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  5. "Rockland Mansion and Fairmount Park" (archive). pcph.memberclicks.net. Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  6. "Fairmount Park Conservancy – History of the Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust" (archive). myphillypark.org. Fairmount Park Conservancy. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  7. "Leasing Program" (archive). fairmountparktrust.org. Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
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