Loudoun Mansion is a historic house located in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An example of

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and Greek-revival architecture,Loudoun Mansion
", ''Fairmount Park''. Philadelphia Park System. the main structure was built by Thomas Armat in 1801 and expanded in 1810. The Greek portico was built in 1830.
accessed August 28, 2012. The house stands on one of the highest hills overlooking Philadelphia and the

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from Germantown. During and after the

Battle of Germantown The Battle of Germantown was a major engagement in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It was fought on October 4, 1777, at Germantown, Pennsylvania, between the British Army led by Sir William Howe, and the American Con ...

many wounded soldiers were carried to the top of the hill where Loudoun now stands. The house was donated to the City of Philadelphia in 1939. The house is a

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of the Colonial Germantown Historic District. It was badly damaged by a fire in 1993 and is not open to the public. It is alluded to significantly throughout the novel ''Loving Day'' by the African American novelist Mat Johnson. 4650 Germantown Loudon

Sources

*Jenkins, Charles Francis. The Guide Book to Historic Germantown, Prepared for the Site and Relic Society. 1926. *Marion, John Francis. Bicentennial City: Walking Tours of Historic Philadelphia. Princeton: The Pyne Press, 1974.

References

Houses completed in 1801 Houses in Philadelphia Historic district contributing properties in Pennsylvania Germantown, Philadelphia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia 1801 establishments in Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-struct-stub