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| Keywords: East rear elevation Ridgeland Mansion.jpg Ridgeland Mansion located in west w Fairmount Park at 4200 Chamounix Drive Philadelphia PA 19131<br>As of 2010 adaptive reuse of the building by the non-profit Suzanne Morgan Center at Ridgeland <br>Building/structure dates 1762 initial construction<br>Significance Ridgeland was built for William Couch by 1762 and is potentially one of the oldest houses in Fairmount Park Unlike the villas that prosperous Philadelphians erected in the Schuylkill River Valley during the 18th and early 19th centuries Ridgeland apparently started out as a farm house and did not serve as a rural retreat until the 1790s The house is also unusual in that it received lavish alterations after being incorporated into the Park and is still accompanied by multiple 19th century outbuildings Library of Congress Prints Photographs Online Catalog http //loc gov/pictures/item/pa0783/ HABS PA 51-PHILA 395-2 1959-02 Creator Jack Boucher PA 51-PHILA 395-2 PD-USGov Ridgeland Mansion Jack Boucher | ||||
