Historic houses of Philadelphia
Subtitle: a tour of the region's museum homes
By: Roger W. Moss ; photographs by Tom Crane.
Contributors: Crane, Tom.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Region; Historical museums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Region; Architecture, Domestic -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Region; Philadelphia Region (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Description: With 160 photographs, Historic Houses of Philadelphia brings the region's most impressive museum homes to life. The only comprehensive readers' tour of the area's rich array of historic residences open to the public, the book is complete with maps, touring information, and historical notes on fifty distinctive homes.

The spectacular homes included in the book range in location from Center City, Fairmount Park, and Germantown to Philadelphia outskirts along the Delaware River and into the western suburbs of a city built on history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-234) and index.
"A Barra Foundation book."