Biddle Mansion, oblique view from Bank Avenue at Lippincott Street, in Riverton. Exterior constructed of Pennsylvania greenstone and the ballroom paneled in walnut from the Black Forest in Baden-Baden, Germany.

In 2007, Preservation New Jersey, a nonprofit organization, placed the Biddle Mansion
on its list of the “10 Most Endangered Historic Sites” in New Jersey.


Photograph courtesy of the Free Library of Riverton
Mrs. Nathan Myers Fitler (Mary Biddle Fitler) and Mrs. Fitler in a carriage on Bank Avenue in Riverton.  Photograph circa 1900 courtesy of the Free Library of Riverton
Carriage driver for Mrs. Myers and Mrs. Fitler c. 1900
Close-up of Fitler carriage driver.
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Nineteenth Century Views of Riverton
Postcard image of the former Lawn House on Bank Avenue in Riverton.
A popular summer retreat house near the Riverton Yacht Club in the late 19th century.

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