Robert Morris Marble Hill House

Built around 1800 by philadelphia merchant henry pratt lemon hill is one of the most historically and architecturally important houses in fairmount park.

Robert morris marble hill house.

In 1816 marble hill was inherited by sir george robert hampden hobart fifth earl of buckinghamshire 1789 1849. Colen campbell illustrated the house in a later edition of vitruvius britannicus. Pembroke then lord herbert based the design of marble hill to a large degree on andrea palladio s 1553 villa cornaro in piombino dese italy and. Constructed by henry herbert 1693 1750 and roger morris 1695 1749 marble hill house had three stories which were stucco faced with stone dressings.

The symmetry and balance of the mansion s façade were paralleled. Marble hill house with lord pembroke 1724 29. The latter was instrumental in securing his services for the construction of marble hill house between 1724 and 1729. Jonathan peel was a peace time soldier and an mp.

The house sold in 1824 miss hotham s heirs broke the entail on the estate and sold marble hill to the army agent timothy brent then living in little marble hill. January 20 1734 may 8 1806 was an english born merchant and a founding father of the united states he served as a member of the pennsylvania legislature the second continental congress and the united states senate and he was a signer of the declaration of independence the articles of confederation and the united states constitution. Marble hill house was built in 1724 1729 by henrietta howard the mistress of king george ii to the designs of the architect roger morris 1695 1749 in collaboration with henry herbert 9th earl of pembroke one of the architect earls. Supervisory work at marble hill house roger morris was associated with colen campbell and henry herbert earl of pembroke.

Hatfield house is a country house set in a large park the great park on the eastern side of the town of hatfield hertfordshire england the present jacobean house a leading example of the prodigy house was built in 1611 by robert cecil 1st earl of salisbury and chief minister to king james i and has been the home of the cecil family ever since. In building marble hill it seems probably that roger morris had obtained assistance from his cousin robert morris 1703 1754 who was the leading palladian theoretician and had written a book about an ideal palladian house in his lectures on architecture 1734 in which he acknowledged roger morris help in the introduction. From 1770 to 1799 it was the country seat of robert morris a signer of the declaration of independence and financier of the revolution. Pratt s large federal style villa was designed to serve as a sylvan retreat and stood upon an idyllic site that had once been part of robert morris estate the hills.

Prototype of many english villas and colonial mansions roger morris 19 april 1695 31 january 1749 1 was an english architect whose connection with colen campbell 2 brought him to the attention of henry herbert 9th earl of pembroke with whom morris collaborated on a long series of. A design at whitton place. Following a series of financial disasters morris was sent to debtor s prison and in 1799 the estate was confiscated and the building razed.