With 160 photographs, Historic Houses of Philadelphia brings the region's most impressive museum homes to life. The only comprehensive readers' tour of the area's rich array of historic residences open to the public, the book is complete with maps, touring information, and historical notes on fifty distinctive homes. The spectacular homes included in the book range in location from Center City, Fairmount Park, and Germantown to Philadelphia outskirts along the Delaware River and into the western suburbs of a city built on history.