Top Left: 1819 when it was known as Vauxhall Gardens and Circus Ground. It opened in 1814 as one of Philadelphia's earliest Amusement Centers. Besides a garden, there was a stage for all sorts of performances. There was a huge banquet held here for Laffayette in 1824.
Top Right: 1890 when it was the Dundas/Lippincott Mansion aka The Yellow Mansion.
It was built by Scottish Millionaire James Dundas in 1839. In 1860 it was left to the Lippincott Family. President McKinley reviewed the troops from a grandstand in the garden during the 1898 Peace Jubilee celebrating the end of the Spanish American War. The large tree to the right dated to the 1700's and was called "Home of the Sparrows".
Bottom Left: 1916. The mansion was torn down in 1905 and was replaced by small shops known as The Isman Stores. The tall building to the right is The Witherspoon building, early home to General Electric, built in 1898.
Bottom Right: 2012. The shops were torn down in the mid 1920's and replaced with the Fidelity Trust Company Building which still stands there today.
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