Tom Moore's Cottage

Vignette. Showing covered wagon in foreground.
Print Type: Engraving
Date: 19th Century
Origin: United States
Dimensions: 6 x 9 1/2"
Notes & Literature: Boelson Cottage is a Dutch and Swedish-style colonial era cottage located in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. The one-and-a-half story gambrel-roofed fieldstone cottage was built sometime between 1678–84. The cottage is situated on the west bank of the Schuylkill River within a plot of 100 acres (40 ha) of land granted to John Boelson in 1677 by the Swedish colonial court in Upland, Pennsylvania. Boelson's cottage is the oldest extant structure in Fairmount Park.The name of the cottage varied over the years, including Pig's Eye, Tom Moore's, Aunt Cornelia's, and Belmont Cottage—the latter due to its proximity to Belmont Mansion and its possible use as housing for servants of that mansion. The name is also sometimes spelled, or misspelled, Boelsen.
Condition Report: Very Good
Subject References: Pennsylvania Prints Historical 19th century History Ref: 1946R