Sweetbriar

{{Short description|Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States}}

{{Other uses|Sweet briar (disambiguation){{!}}Sweet briar}}

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{{Infobox historic site

| name = Sweetbriar

| image = A582, Sweetbriar Mansion, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 2017.jpg

| image_size = 250

| caption = Sweetbriar Mansion

| locmapin = Pennsylvania#USA

| coordinates = {{Coord|39.9769833|-75.2008667|region:US-PA_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| location = West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia[http://www.fairmountparkhistoricsites.org/houses_west_park_2.html Fairmount Park Historic Sites - West Fairmount Park]

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| built = 1797[http://www.fairmountparkhistoricsites.org/sweetbriar_mansion_history.html Fairmount Park Historic Sites - History Of Sweetbriar Mansion]

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| architecture = Federal

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| designation1 = Philadelphia Register of Historic Places

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Sweetbriar is a Neoclassical mansion in the Federal style built in 1797 in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. The mansion was built by Samuel Breck and named for the roses that grew on the property.[https://hsp.org/blogs/question-of-the-week/who-built-sweetbriar-mansion-in-1797 Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Who built Sweetbriar Mansion in 1797?] The interior includes a double parlor and floor-to-ceiling windows with sweeping views of the Schuylkill River. Period pieces include Chinese armorial porcelain, Hepplewhite and Sheraton style chairs, and Adam style furniture. Wedgwood jasperware and fireplaces with delicate plaster decorations were influenced by discoveries in the ancient houses of Pompeii. Bird prints by John James Audubon and paintings by William Birch decorate the walls.

The house was operated by the Modern Club of Philadelphia from 1939 to 2014. It has been closed while undergoing renovations as the city looks for a new organization to maintain it.{{cite web |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/The_mansions_of_Fairmount_Park_Phillys_hidden_gems.html |title=The mansions of Fairmount Park: Historic houses have rich pasts and new uses |author=Emily Babay |date=October 19, 2015 |website=philly.com |publisher=Philadelphia Media Network (Digital), LLC |accessdate=December 3, 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107023419/http://www.philly.com/philly/news/The_mansions_of_Fairmount_Park_Phillys_hidden_gems.html |archivedate=November 7, 2017 |url-status=live}}