CargoAdmin, Bureaucrats, Moderators (CommentStreams), fileuploaders, Interface administrators, newuser, Push subscription managers, Suppressors, Administrators
5,233
edits
The Woodlands (Philadelphia): Difference between revisions
m
Text replacement - "Philadelphia" to "Philadelphia"
m (Text replacement - "Medal of Honor" to "Medal of Honor") |
m (Text replacement - "Philadelphia" to "Philadelphia") |
||
| Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
| image = HABSWoodlandsColor.jpg | | image = HABSWoodlandsColor.jpg | ||
| caption = Woodlands Mansion | | caption = Woodlands Mansion | ||
| location = 4000 Woodland Avenue, | | location = 4000 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | ||
| coordinates = {{Coord|39|56|50|N|75|12|11|W|region:US-PA_source:GNIS_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | | coordinates = {{Coord|39|56|50|N|75|12|11|W|region:US-PA_source:GNIS_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | ||
| area = {{Convert|53|acre|ha}} | | area = {{Convert|53|acre|ha}} | ||
| Line 27: | Line 27: | ||
| designated_other1_textcolor = #ffc94b | | designated_other1_textcolor = #ffc94b | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''The Woodlands''' is a [[National Historic Landmark District]] on the west bank of the [[Schuylkill River]] in | '''The Woodlands''' is a [[National Historic Landmark District]] on the west bank of the [[Schuylkill River]] in Philadelphia. It includes a [[Federal style|Federal-style]] mansion, a matching carriage house and stable, and a garden landscape that in 1840 was transformed into a Victorian [[rural cemetery]] with an arboretum of over 1,000 trees. More than 30,000 people are buried at the cemetery.<ref name="cemetery">{{cite web | url=http://woodlandscemeteryco.org/ | title=The Woodlands Cemetery Company | publisher=The Woodlands Cemetery Company | access-date=December 11, 2013}}</ref> Among the tombstones at Woodlands cemetery is the tombstone of [[Thomas W. Evans|Dr Thomas W. Evans]], which at {{Convert|150|ft}}, is both the tallest gravestone in the United States and the tallest obelisk gravestone in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wallace |first=Cathy |date=2020-11-09 |title=3 Amazing Gravestone Obelisks |url=https://blog.billiongraves.com/3-amazing-gravestone-obelisks/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=BillionGraves Blog |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Philadelphia, PA - Tallest Tombstone in America |url=https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/40669 |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=RoadsideAmerica.com |language=en}}</ref> | ||
==Hamilton estate (1735–1840)== | ==Hamilton estate (1735–1840)== | ||
| Line 81: | Line 81: | ||
* [[George H. Crosman]] (1799–1882), Civil War brevet major general | * [[George H. Crosman]] (1799–1882), Civil War brevet major general | ||
* [[Jacob Mendes Da Costa]] (1833–1900), surgeon<ref name=UCHS/> | * [[Jacob Mendes Da Costa]] (1833–1900), surgeon<ref name=UCHS/> | ||
* [[Francis Martin Drexel]] (1792–1863), | * [[Francis Martin Drexel]] (1792–1863), Philadelphia banker, progenitor of the Drexel banking dynasty<ref name=UCHS/> | ||
* [[Anthony Joseph Drexel]] (1826–1893), founder of [[Drexel University]]<ref name=UCHS/> | * [[Anthony Joseph Drexel]] (1826–1893), founder of [[Drexel University]]<ref name=UCHS/> | ||
* [[Joseph William Drexel]] (1833–1888), banker, trustee of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] and the [[U.S. National Academy of Sciences]], and director of the [[Metropolitan Opera]] house<ref name=UCHS/> | * [[Joseph William Drexel]] (1833–1888), banker, trustee of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] and the [[U.S. National Academy of Sciences]], and director of the [[Metropolitan Opera]] house<ref name=UCHS/> | ||