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Enhanced visitor services and events infrastructure

The Woodlands Trust for Historic Preservation
Ever Ensemble performs on the terrace of the Mansion at The Woodlands, photo by Ryan Collerd.
Ever Ensemble performs on the terrace of the Mansion at The Woodlands, photo by Ryan Collerd.

The Woodlands will add a variety of site amenities to accommodate an influx of new visitors who sought an outdoor gathering place during the pandemic and discovered the historic site’s 54 acres of green space in West Philadelphia. A mobile visitor services station will serve as a box office, welcome center, and gift shop that The Woodlands can deploy anywhere on its grounds, while the installation of lighting, wayfinding signs, and outdoor audio-visual equipment will expand the organization’s capacity for event hosting, generating new revenue.

The total grant amount represents project funding plus an additional 20% in unrestricted general operating support.

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The Woodlands Trust for Historic Preservation

The Woodlands Trust for Historic Preservation

Located outside of West Philadelphia, The Woodlands Trust for Historic Preservation is a 54-acre, 18th-century garden, cemetery, and mansion that offers the public one of the nation's most architecturally sophisticated neoclassical houses from the years following the American Revolution. A National Historic Landmark District, The Woodlands is an actively-used educational resource in architecture, botany, urban development, and the history of West Philadelphia. 

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