Ryerss Mansion

Ryerss Mansion, also known as Burholme Mansion, is a historic mansion in the Fox Chase neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


Ryerss Mansion
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	Central and Cottman Aves. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°4′6″N 75°5′20″W
Built	1859
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	76001669[1]
Added to NRHP	November 21, 1976

The house was built on 85 acres by merchant Joseph Waln Ryerss in 1859 overlooking Burholme Park, one of the highest vistas in Philadelphia. Joseph was president of the Tioga Railroad and followed the family business of trading with China, Japan, and England. He also followed the family avocation of collecting art, especially oriental art.

Joseph died in 1868 leaving the house to his second wife Anne, and following her death, to his son Robert.

Robert also traveled and collected art which he displayed in the house. Less than a year before he died at age 65, Robert married his longtime housekeeper, Mary Ann Reed. She inherited a comfortable annuity and the house, with the house to be given to the City of Philadelphia after her death. She remarried three years after his death to the Reverend John G. Bawn and they continued the family avocations of traveling and art collecting. In 1905 she turned the house over to the city and it opened as a park, museum, and library in 1910 “Free to the people forever” under the administration of the Fairmount Park Commission. Mrs. Ryerss Bawn died in 1916 in China.

The Reverend Bawn then returned to Philadelphia and lobbied the city to build more galleries to house the now larger collection. These galleries were built in 1923.[2]

References

"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
"Ryerss Museum and Library". History. Retrieved January 2, 2014.

External links

Official website
Official site at Fairmount Park
Listing, drawings, and photographs at the Historic American Buildings Survey
Listing at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings

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