The Woodlands (Philadelphia)

The Woodlands
Woodlands Mansion
Location4000 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Coordinates39°56′50″N 75°12′11″W / 39.94722°N 75.20306°W / 39.94722; -75.20306
Area53 acres (21 ha)
Built1770; rebuilt 1786–92
ArchitectWilliam Hamilton
Architectural styleNeoclassical; Robert Adam Style
NRHP reference No.67000022[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 24, 1967
Designated NHLDDecember 24, 1967
Designated PHMCDecember 28, 1996[2]

The Woodlands is a National Historic Landmark District on the west bank of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. It includes a Federal-style mansion, a matching carriage house and stable, and a garden landscape that in 1840 was transformed into a Victorian rural cemetery with an arboretum of over 1,000 trees. More than 30,000 people are buried at the cemetery.[3] Among the tombstones at Woodlands cemetery is the tombstone of Dr Thomas W. Evans, which at 150 feet (46 m), is both the tallest gravestone in the United States and the tallest obelisk gravestone in the world.[4][5]

  1. ^ National Park Service (June 2010). "National Historic Landmarks Program: List of National Historic Landmarks by State" (PDF). Retrieved July 16, 2010..
  2. ^ "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
  3. ^ "The Woodlands Cemetery Company". The Woodlands Cemetery Company. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  4. ^ Wallace, Cathy (November 9, 2020). "3 Amazing Gravestone Obelisks". BillionGraves Blog. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  5. ^ "Philadelphia, PA - Tallest Tombstone in America". RoadsideAmerica.com. Retrieved October 25, 2022.

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