Who We Are — Park Charms

Who We Are

Park Charms

Park Charms is a consortium of historic house museums managed in partnership with Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, the Fairmount Park Conservancy, and house stewardship organizations. We work together to cultivate a future for our park’s important past.

People

PHILADELPHIA PARKS AND RECREATION

THERESA STUHLMAN

Preservation and Development Administrator

215.683.0211 | theresa.stuhlman@phila.gov

FAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY

JOHN SIGMUND

Director of Public Programs (+ events at Lemon Hill Mansion)

215.988.9334 | jsigmund@myphillypark.org

PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART

VISITOR SERVICES

(Please inquire about re-opening of Historic Houses)

215.763.8100 | visitorservices@philamuseum.org

WOMEN FOR GREATER PHILADELPHIA

BARBARA FRANKL

President, Women For Greater Philadelphia

215.235.1776 | visit@laurelhillmansion.org

NAOMI WOOD TRUST

JEFF DUNCAN

Woodford Mansion Site Manager

215.229.6115 | woodfordmansion@gmail.com

COMMITTEE OF 1926

Audrey Dubois

Historic Strawberry Mansion Site Administrator

215.228.8364 | strawberrymansion@me.com

Partners

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Philadelphia Parks & Recreation

Philadelphia Parks & Recreation is the city agency charged with ownership of the houses.

Fairmount Park Conservancy

The Fairmount Park Conservancy manages Lemon Hill Mansion and coordinates events and programming for all the houses.

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Cedar Grove and Mount Pleasant are overseen by the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Women For Greater Philadelphia

Since 1976, Women For Greater Philadelphia has maintained and preserved Laurel Hill Mansion.

The Committee of 1926

In 1926, local women formed the Committee of 1926 to preserve the history and heritage of Strawberry Mansion – and do so to this day.

Naomi Wood Trust

Woodford is operated by the Naomi Wood Trust as an historic house museum, displaying her collection of 18th and 19th century antiques.