Sweetbriar Mansion, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia PA

Welcome To Sweetbriar

Watercolor painting by David Hughes of the front of Sweetbriar Mansion, a symmetrical 18th—century house with a beige stucco exterior.

Visit Sweetbriar Mansion and take an exciting trip back in time. Take a tour of this beautiful 18th-century mansion built in the colonial era of the United States. Witness how colonial leaders lived soon after the founding of our nation.

Here are a few highlights of Sweetbriar:

  • Samuel Breck built Sweetbriar Mansion in 1797
  • Samuel Breck knew many leading figures of the time, including Marquis de Lafayette and Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon
  • Sweetbriar was built in Federal style with influences of Georgian symmetry

Sweetbriar is now closed for tours. Sweetbriar will open again for tours in July 2012. We look forward to your visit in 2012.

Updates

  • Sweetbriar is now closed for tours.
  • Sweetbriar will open again for tours in July 2012. We look forward to your visit in 2012.