Dutch
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colonial era Colonial period (a period in a country's history where it was subject to management by a colonial power) may refer to:
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cottage
A cottage, during Feudalism in England, England's feudal period, was the holding by a cottager (known as a cotter or ''bordar'') of a small house with enough garden to feed a family and in return for the cottage, the cottager had to provide ...
located in
Fairmount Park
Fairmount Park is the largest municipal park in Philadelphia and the historic name for a group of parks located throughout the city. Fairmount Park consists of two park sections named East Park and West Park, divided by the Schuylkill River, w ...
,
Philadelphia
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."Fairmount Park Trail Master Plan" ''issuu.com''. Andropogon Associates, Ltd (for the Fairmount Park Commission). December 31, 2000. Retrieved November 5, 2017. The -story
gambrel
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-roofed
fieldstone
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cottage was built sometime between 1678 and 1684. The cottage is situated on the west bank of the
Schuylkill River
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within a plot of of land granted to John Boelson in 1677 by the Swedish colonial court in
Upland
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,
Pennsylvania
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. 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, Boels''e''n.
A wooden
shed
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was attached to the south wall of the cottage around 1950. A group called the Friends of the Philadelphia Parks renovated the cottage in 1989–90 and then used it as their office. The original floor, windows, and doors were replaced, as was most of the original woodwork and
ironwork
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.
The cottage is registered on the
Philadelphia Register of Historic Places
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According to the Phil ...
and is an inventoried structure within the Fairmount Park Historic District entry on the
National Register of Historic Places
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.
See also
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List of houses in Fairmount Park
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List of the oldest buildings in Pennsylvania
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National Register of Historic Places listings in West Philadelphia
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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Philadelphia, West Ph ...
- an inventoried structure within the Fairmount Park listing