Welcome to The Highlands
The Highlands Mansion and Gardens is a 59-acre historic site with a late 18th-century Georgian mansion and a two-acre formal garden.
Surrounded by massive stone walls, the gardens offer a beautiful example of early 20th-century estate gardening with an unusual blend of horticulture and architecture.
The site features nine outbuildings, including a bank barn, springhouse, greenhouse, smokehouse, and Gothic Revival gardener's cottage.
The Highlands Historical Society began to restore the 2-acre formal garden to its appearance c.1925 - 1935 in October 2001, with a project at the screening wall on the east side of the garden.
During 2024, a major restoration project took place in the mansion and gardener's cottage, in addition to renovations in the formal gardens and north lawn.
Welcome to The Highlands,
Dana Dorsey, Executive Director
ddorsey@highlandshistorical.org
215-641-2687
Enjoy our gardens and grounds from dawn to dusk daily.
Historic tours of the mansion are available by appointment only
on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
VISITING THE GROUNDS
The gardens are free to walk from dawn to dusk every day. All professional photography requires a permit and fee prior to your visit. Please see the Visiting The Highlands page for further detail.
The Highlands Mansion is available for historic tours Monday through Thursday by appointment.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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