I wrote a post about Oaklands nearly a year ago now, with what I knew about the house. In that post, I said that there aren't very many pictures of the house. As it turns out, that is a completely untrue statement. I simply had not found (or identified) many of them yet. In this post, I am including photos from my personal collection as well as photos from the Philadelphia Department of Records. This latter set were taken when the city took possession of the property, to document it before demolishing the house.
I have reused the map from my previous post, but not any of the photos so refer to that post, as well, for more pictures.
Let's start with a plan of the property from a 1920 atlas of the city. This is oriented so that the top is NE, bottom is SW. The house faces southeast - towards Leiper Street - and has a curved drive up to the back of the house on Pilling Street. The other large building is the stable or barn.
On to the photos! I've put in a jump break because this is a long list of photos, so click "Read More" to see the rest of the post.
I have reused the map from my previous post, but not any of the photos so refer to that post, as well, for more pictures.
Let's start with a plan of the property from a 1920 atlas of the city. This is oriented so that the top is NE, bottom is SW. The house faces southeast - towards Leiper Street - and has a curved drive up to the back of the house on Pilling Street. The other large building is the stable or barn.
On to the photos! I've put in a jump break because this is a long list of photos, so click "Read More" to see the rest of the post.
