Belfield Estate
| Belfield Estate | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
| National Historic Landmark | |||
.jpg) Front view of Charles Willson Peale House (2010) |
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| location | Philadelphia , Pennsylvania | ||
| Coordinates | 40 ° 2 '17.4 " N , 75 ° 9' 18.9" W | ||
| Built | Mid 18th century | ||
| NRHP number | 66000687 | ||
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| The NRHP added | October 15, 1966 | ||
| Declared as an NHL | December 21, 1965 | ||
Belfield , also known as Charles Willson Peale House , is a historic building in Philadelphia where the portrait painter and museum founder Charles Willson Peale lived from 1810 to 1820 . Belfield is a National Historic Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Most of the property now belongs to La Salle University .
history
Belfield was built around the middle of the 18th century. In 1810 Charles Willson Peale handed over the management of the natural history museum he founded in Philadelphia to his son and acquired the Nieve's Place estate in Germantown for US $ 9,500 . In memory of his teacher John Hesselius, whose estate was called Bellefield , he named it Peale Belfield , as it is still called today. The property included 104 acres of land , which he farmed with his wife and five of their children without any prior experience. Peale equipped the company with modern technology and built a cotton mill . In addition, he spent his free time capturing Belfield in landscapes. When designing the garden, Peale was guided by the aesthetics of the painter William Hogarth , which he had captured in The Analysis of Beauty . He lived here until his wife's death in 1820. Then he moved back to what was then the city of Philadelphia. In 1826 Peale sold Belfield to William Logan Fisher, who bequeathed it to his daughter Sarah on her wedding to William Wister. The property remained in the family's possession and was sold to La Salle University in 1984 by Daniel Blain Jr.
Belfield has been a National Historic Landmark since December 21, 1965. On October 15, 1966, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Architecture and development
The Belfield House has undergone several changes over the centuries. According to Peale, around 1810 it had a mansard roof with windowed dormer windows , numerous rooms and a height of two and a half stories. He put his studio in the north living room. The main entrance was on the east side facing the street and was later relocated to the west into the garden. The then still free-standing kitchen in the east was later connected to the main building via a two-story wing. The greenhouse from Peale was partially integrated into a new greenhouse in 1890. In the 19th century, an owner added another floor to the main building.
Web links
- Photo collection. In: National Register of Historic Places database. National Park Service , December 27, 2007, accessed September 20, 2014 (PDF 842 KB).
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Richard E. Greenwood (Historic Sites Survey): Charles Willson Peale House, "Belfield". In: National Register of Historic Places Inventory: Nomination Form. National Park Service , December 11, 1974, accessed September 12, 2014 (PDF 649 KB).
- ^ Kateryna A. Rudnytzky: Belfield & Wakefield: A Link to La Salle's Past. Charles Willson Peale at Belfield: "Your Garden Must be a Museum". (No longer available online.) In: Website www.lasalle.edu. La Salle University, archived from the original on November 20, 2000 ; accessed on September 12, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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^ Charles Willson Peale House. (No longer available online.) In: National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL). National Park Service, archived from the original on June 6, 2011 ; accessed on September 12, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Pennsylvania. National Park Service , accessed February 11, 2020.
- ^ Entry on the National Register of Historic Places , accessed February 1, 2013.
