Ridgeland, Chamounix Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Significance: Ridgeland was built for William Couch by 1762 and is, potentially, one of the oldest houses in Fairmount Park. Unlike the villas that prosperous Philadelphians erected in the Schuylkill River Valley during the 18th and early 19th centuries, Ridgeland apparently started out as a farm house and did not serve as a rural retreat until the 1790s, The house is also unusual in that it received lavish alterations after being incorporated into the Park and is still accompanied by multiple 19th century outbuildings.

Survey number: HABS PA-1664

Building/structure dates: 1762 Initial Construction

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001151

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1933 - 1970

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