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The Awbury Historic District is a historic area in the East Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The district comprises the former summer homes and farms of the extended Cope family, who moved to the area starting in 1849. The district includes the entire Awbury Arboretum, which occupies most of the district's area, as well as adjacent properties developed and occupied by Henry Cope (1793-1865), son and successor to prominent Philadelphia Orthodox Quaker merchant Thomas Pym Cope (1768-1854), his close relatives, and his descendants. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. In 2010 it was added to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.phila.gov/historical/base.html )〕 ==Contributing properties== There are 31 contributing buildings, including 24 homes, as well as other buildings. *Awbury Arboretum *Francis Cope House (1860) *Jonathan & Rachel Cope Evans House (1872) *Alexis T. & Elizabeth Cope House (1882-3) *Cope/Evans Double Houses (1885-6) *William Draper Lewis House (ca. 1892-3) *Alfred G. & Mary Scattergood house (1909) *William C. Kimber house (1914) *Shippen & Esther Lewis house (1921) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Awbury Historic District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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