Loudoun Mansion

Loudoun Mansion

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location = 4650 Germantown Avenue
Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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owner = City of Philadelphia
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Loudoun Mansion is a house located in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

An extraordinary example of Federal-style and Greek-revival architecture,POV-assertion|date=October 2008 the main structure was built by Thomas Armat in 1801. The house stands on one of the highest hills overlooking Philadelphia and the Delaware River from Germantown. Many wounded soldiers were carried to Loudoun during and after the Battle of Germantown.Source needed|date=October 2008

The house was donated to the City of Philadelphia in 1939." [http://www.fairmountpark.org/LoudounMansion.asp Loudoun Mansion] ", "Fairmount Park". Philadelphia Park System.]

Sources

Jenkins, Charles Francis. The Guide Book to Historic Germantown, Prepared for the Site & Relic Society. 1926.

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