Wednesday, May 15, 2019

The Solitude, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County

Two weeks ago, I promised my Facebook followers that whichever of two post subjects they did not select would be the focus of this week's update. Having given my attention to the heavily requested David Tannenberg, I now take us back to Philadelphia to visit a mansion in the middle of the zoo.

I visited the Philadelphia Zoo with my husband last summer, and wrote about it on a very cold day when I was in need of some sunshine. At the time, I didn't give too much focus to the beautiful Colonial mansion in the middle of the grounds, because it has its own marker and I knew I'd be telling you all about it in another post. And here we are.

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

David Tannenberg, Bethlehem, Northampton County

Once again I polled my Facebook followers to see which of two subjects they wanted me to cover this week. By a two-thirds margin, they voted for this one.

Burnside Plantation is a magnificent colonial estate nestled in a part of Bethlehem which, until I undertook this particular marker quest, I had never occasioned to visit. It's sort of tucked out of the way. The road leading to it branches off from Schoenersville Road, and this week's marker is found at the entrance.