{"nrhp_refnum":"72001151","name":"Fairmount Park","other_names":["See Also:Chamounix","Cliffs","76001622","Hatfield House","Memorial H"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Both banks of Schuylkill River and Wissahickon Creek, from Spring Garden St. to Northwestern Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.99086253400003,"lon":-75.21365787699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-02-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Conservation","Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Fairmount Park is a large urban park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, extending along both banks of the Schuylkill River and the Wissahickon Creek from the Art Museum at Spring Garden Street to Northwestern Avenue. It was formed gradually from an area first reserved around the Schuylkill waterworks, begun in 1812, and now covers about 4,100 acres.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Fairmount Park is unequalled among American municipal parks for its combination of size, natural beauty, historical importance, and the buildings and sculpture it contains. It cites its early origins as a public water-supply reserve, its many historic houses of the Federal, Georgian and Classical Revival periods, its role as the site of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition, and its large collection of public sculpture.","narrative":"Fairmount Park is a large municipal park in Philadelphia, stretching along both banks of the Schuylkill River and the Wissahickon Creek and covering about 4,100 acres. Its origins lie in five acres reserved around the Schuylkill waterworks, begun in 1812 to protect the city's water supply, and the park was gradually extended by purchases in the 1850s and 1860s. Legislation setting aside the area as an open public place was passed in 1867. The park holds numerous 18th- and early 19th-century houses, including Lemon Hill, Woodford, Belmont, Strawberry Mansion, Solitude, Sweetbrier and Mount Pleasant. It hosted the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, and Memorial Hall and the Ohio House remain from that event. The Zoological Gardens, opened in 1874, retain entrance pavilions by the Furness firm. The park also contains significant public sculpture, including works by Randolph Rogers, Daniel Chester French and Frederic Remington.","period_of_significance":"1750-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Federal; Early Classical Revival; Georgian; Adam manner; Victorian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Memorial Hall is repaired and used as a recreation center; the Philadelphia Waterworks is no longer the city's water source and is somewhat neglected.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.420405-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/72001151.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001151/58aa3dd56c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001151/58aa3dd56c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ngilmour3","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schuylkill_River_in_Fairmount_Park..JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ngilmour3</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schuylkill_River_in_Fairmount_Park..JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997246","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairmount_Park","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2739335"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/fairmount-park-72001151/"}