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Wissahickon Valley Park Maps, Plans and Drawings Collection FP.2011.009 Finding Aid Prepared by Andrew Beck and Caity Tingo Wissahickon Valley Park Maps, Plans and Drawings Collection FP.2011.009 Finding aid prepared by Andrew Beck and Caity Tingo This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit October 01, 2012 Describing Archives: A Content Standard Fairmount Archives 10/1/2012 Wissahickon Valley Park Maps, Plans and Drawings Collection FP.201 Table of Contents Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3 Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................5 Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 6 - Page 2 - Wissahickon Valley Park Maps, Plans and Drawings Collection FP.201 Summary Information Repository Fairmount Archives Title Wissahickon Valley Park Maps, Plans and Drawings Collection Date [bulk] Bulk, 1920-1980 Date [inclusive] 1758-2001 Extent 20.0 Linear feet Language English Abstract Covering nearly 1,400 acres of the 10,000 acre Fairmount Park System, Wissahickon Valley Park epitomizes the breadth of resource available within the city of Philadelphia. Primarily a naturalist landscape, the parklands also support a variety of recreational activities and are home to a number of nationally important structural sites. Wissahickon Valley Park is located along the Wissahickon Creek, and has been a popular location with visitors for over a century and a half. Known best for its craggy rock formations, steep cliffs, and flowing waterway, the park provides an extremely rustic location just minutes from downtown Philadelphia. Popular natural locations within the park include the Devil’s Pool, Forbidden Drive, Livezey Rock and Lover’s Leap. Concealed within the park’s natural landscape are a number of reminders of its rich history. Nestled in the upper trails are two statues hidden in the lush surroundings, “The Indian” and “Toleration”. The weathered steel bridge “Fingerspan” is similarly buried, and is a spot often sought out by hikers. Along the trails visitors can also see the city’s first drinking fountain, as well as shelters built by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s. Additionally, the Wissahickon Valley Park is home to a number of historic and useful structures. RittenhouseTown, a prominent 19th Century milling community largely comprised of the well-known - Page 3 - Wissahickon Valley Park Maps, Plans and Drawings Collection FP.201 Rittenhouse family, remains a highly visited tourist location for its historic value. Wissahickon Valley Park is also home to the Thomas Mill Road Bridge, the only remaining covered bridge in Philadelphia (or any major city). The Andorra Natural Area is home to an interactive environmental education center, which features a “tree house” visitor’s center. Glen Fern, sometimes referred to as Livezey House, is a wonderfully preserved example of 18th century architecture. Home to the renowned colonial miller, Thomas Livezey, it is the last surviving miller’s house in the area. The historic Hermitage mansion, once occupied by the religious sect of Rosacrucians who emigrated from Germany in the early 17th century, is now home to an outdoor opera venue in the park. Wissahickon Valley Park is also home to the treasured Valley Green Inn- a restaurant which has been around for over a hundred years, and one of the most frequently painted sites in the area. Preferred Citation note [Description and date of item], FP.2011.009, Wissahickon Valley Park Maps, Plans, and Drawings Collection, Fairmount Park Historic Resource Archives. - Page 4 - Wissahickon Valley Park Maps, Plans and Drawings Collection FP.201 Administrative Information Publication Information Fairmount Archives 10/1/2012 Conditions Governing Access note This collection is open for research. Conditions Governing Use note Copyright restrictions may apply. Please contact the Archives with requests for copying and for authorization to publish, quote or reproduce the material. - Page 5 - Wissahickon Valley Park Maps, Plans and Drawings Collection FP.201 Collection Inventory W1 Blueprints and Bluelines 1898-1967 Drawer W1 City of Philadelphia utility plan, Wissahickon Drive and Northwestern Avenue 1967 October 16 Plan showing proposed driveway, southwest corner of City Avenue and Germantown Avenue. 1929 January Drawer W1 Elevation of stable [copy] 1929 W1 Front elevation of stable to be erected on Northwestern Avenue, east of Wissahickon Drive, Chestnut Hill 1929 W1 Wissahickon Valley Park extension: general plan for development of park at Northwestern Avenue 1929 October 9-15 W1 Multipart map of Wissahickon Valley Park roads and boundaries, sections 84, 94 and 95 [3 sheets] n.d. W1 200 Northwestern Avenue 1952 August 26 - Page 6 - Wissahickon Valley Park Maps, Plans and Drawings Collection FP.201 W1 Plan of property surveyed for A. R. Smith, 22nd Ward, Philadelphia 1928 January 16 W1 Northwestern Stable - area north of building n.d. W1 Livery Stable, south side of Northeastern Avenue, east of Wissahickon Drive n.d. W1 Livery Stable, south side of Northeastern Avenue, east of Wissahickon Drive n.d. W1 Plan for the Board of View for public park purposes as an addition ot Wissahickon Valley Park 1928 December 14 W1 Wissahickon Valley Park boundaries along Montgomery County 1962 W1 Elevation and details - Harper's Meadow Memorial 1936 August 15 W1 Location plan - Harper's Meadow - elevation of stone arch bridge 1935 W1 Proposed extension of Wissahickon Valley Park, north of Bell's Mill Road [2 copies] n.d. W1 Plan of revised line of lots no. 35-39, north of Bell's Mill Road, Wissahickon Valley Park [copy] n.d. - Page 7 - Wissahickon Valley Park Maps, Plans and Drawings Collection FP.201 W1 Map of the Wissahickon Valley from Chestnut Hill to Fort Washington Pennsylvania 1912 W1 Map of curvilinear streets overlaid on gridded streets between Bell's Mill Road and Northwestern Avenue n.d. W1 Map of property lines between Northwestern Avenue and Bell's Mill Road n.d. W1 Extension to Wissahickon Valley Park upon city plan no. 284 1898 June 6 W1 Originals on Linen and Paper 1881-1972 Drawer W1 Study for outdoor oven, Harper's Meadow. 3 May 1937 Wissahickon Valley Park: Cedar House. New porch and ramp plan, sections, and elevation (A1). 12 October 2001 Drawer W1 Proposed development - Wissahickon Valley between Chestnut Hill and Fort Washington 1949 January 22 W1 Detail of stone fireplace n.d. - Page 8 - Wissahickon Valley Park Maps, Plans and Drawings Collection FP.201 W1 Plan showing proposed driveway, southwester corner of City Avenue and Germantown Avenue 1929 January W1 Property plan along Northwestern Avenue, between Wissahickon Turnpike and Germantown Turnpike n.d. W1 Northwest Philadelphia - vicinity of Country Lane 1972 September 18 W1 Wissahickon Vally Park - Hampton Street to Northwestern Avenue n.d. W1 Picnic grove at Harper's Meadow 1937 June 2 W1 Study for outdoor oven, Harper's Meadow 1937 April 12 W1 Study for memorial pump, Harper's Meadow 1937 April 12 W1 Incinerator plans, sections and elevations 1938 August 15 W1 #6 Study for outdoor camp stove 1937 January 5 W1 Construction and layout notes - incinerator 1937 April 5 W1 #5 study for outdoor camp stove 1930 January 5 - Page 9 - Wissahickon Valley Park Maps, Plans and Drawings Collection FP.201 W1 Elevation and plan of proposed bridge over the Wissahickon Creek at Germantown Lane crossing 1881 October W1 Topographic plan made for Fairmount Park Commission, 27th Ward 1967 August 5 W1 Plan of revised line of lots no. 35-39, north of Bell's Mill Road n.d. W1 Heating, ventilating for nature center for Harper's Meadow 1969 March 25 W1 Plumbing and electrical for nature center for Haper's Meadow 1969 March 25 W1 Henry H. Houston Estate property line 1952 March 24 W1 Site plan, Millwork, bridge and stair details for nature center for Harper's Meadow 1969 March 25 W1 Section B-B for nature center for Harper's Meadow 1969 March 25 W1 Sections A-A and D for nature center for Harper's Meadow 1969 March 25 W1 Elevations, foundation plan and framing plans for nature center for Harper's Meadow 1969 March 25 - Page 10 - Wissahickon Valley Park Maps, Plans and Drawings Collection FP.201 W1 Level plans, elevations and lower bridge abutment for nature center for Harper's Meadow 1969 March 25 W1 Lower and upper plan details for nature center for Harper's Meadow 1969 March 25 W1 Section C-C for kiosk details for nature center for Harper's Meadow 1969 March 25 W1 Proposed exchange of land between Fairmount Park and Albert M. Greenfield & Co. (Wissahickon Valley Park) 1953 September 21 W1 Plan showing Henry H. Houston property [2 copies] 1952 August 26 W1 Plan showing line of woods adjoining Andorra Nurseries 1918 W1 Memorial pump, Harper's Meadow 1937 May 4 W1 Plan of land of William Dean, 22nd Ward n.d. W1 Piece of map showing Henry H. Houston property n.d. W1 Proposed plan of Wissahickon Valley Park, Bell's Mill Road to Philadelphia County Line 1948 June Shelf - Page 11 - Wissahickon Valley Park Maps, Plans and Drawings Collection FP.201 53 Estate map of Wissahickon Valley Park with topographic details. [oversized] 1941 53 "The Wissahickon Valley from Ridge Avenue to Henry Avenue", with estate and topographic details. [oversized] 1939 53 "Wissahickon Valley showing Properties Contiguous to Fairmount Park". c. 1895 W2 Blueprints, Bluelines and Photo Lithographs 1897-1986 Drawer W2 Topographic
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