The
Ebenezer Maxwell mansion is the only authentically restored Victorian
house museum and garden in Philadelphia.
Located
in Germantown, its first floor shows decorative arts of the 1860s while
its second floor is restored to the 1880s.
Visitors
step back in time to discover a living record of the comforts and taste
of the rising middle-class in an era when central heat, indoor plumbing,
and running water were wondrous luxuries. When gas lighting, grained
woodwork and stencil ceiling decorations were emblems of social
standing.
The Ebenezer Maxwell
Mansion
220 W. Tulpehocken Street, Philadelphia, PA 19144
TEL 215-438-1861
