The Bergdoll Mansion is a historic house located in the Spring Garden neighborhood of

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

. It was designed by architect

James H. Windrim James Hamilton Windrim (January 4, 1840 – April 26, 1919) was a Philadelphia architect who specialized in public buildings, including the Masonic Temple in Philadelphia and the U.S. Treasury. A number the buildings he designed are on the ...

and built in 1886. It is in a Beaux Arts /

Italianate The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian R ...

style. The mansion was added to the

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in 1976.

History and architecture

The building was constructed as the home of the Louis Bergdoll family owners of the

City Park Brewery City Park Brewery, also known as the Louis Bergdoll Brewing Company was a brewery in north Philadelphia, Pennsylvania built in 1856. Several brewery buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as a historic district. ...

Grover Cleveland Bergdoll Grover Cleveland Bergdoll (October 18, 1893 – January 27, 1966) was an early aviator, racing driver and World War I draft dodger, who went to Germany to avoid prison. Biography He was born in Philadelphia to a wealthy brewing family. He wa ...

, scion of the well known brewing family, was a playboy, aviator, and World War I draft dodger. Reprinted from the Philadelphia Inquirer The mansion has eight bedrooms, nine bathrooms, two kitchens, mahogany woodwork, multiple fireplaces, frescoes, and mosaics. It was listed for sale in 2012 with an asking price of $6.9 million. Includes 13 photos

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* {{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia Beaux-Arts architecture in Pennsylvania Italianate architecture in Pennsylvania Historic American Buildings Survey in Philadelphia Houses completed in 1886 Spring Garden, Philadelphia