The Modern Club Of Philadelphia
The Modern Club is a non-profit organization that helps maintain and promote Sweetbriar Mansion in cooperation with the City of Philadelphia.
We encourage you to take a tour of Sweetbriar Mansion, an historic house that brings to life the history of our great city. Enjoy.
Sweetbriar Mansion is an 18th–century Federal-style mansion in Fairmount Park. Samuel Breck, a businessman and philanthropist, built Sweetbriar in 1797 in a scenic location overlooking the Schuylkill River.
Today Sweetbriar is a house museum open to the public for tours in the spring, summer and fall months. We welcome your visit.
Samuel Breck Diary
Read diary entries from Samuel Breck, the original owner who had Sweetbriar built in 1797. Breck kept diary entries throughout most of his adult life.
Samuel Breck knew many leaders of the time, including General Lafayette and Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon.
Samuel Breck also wrote about many ordinary events, such as attending a theatrical melodrama and adjudging an arbitration for an accident case.
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Fairmount Park West
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