Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania

100 Northwestern Avenue
Philadelphia, PA, 19128
215-247-5777

URL : http://www.business-services.upenn.edu/arboretum

overview : The Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania began in 1887 as .. Compton .. the summer home of John and Lydia Morris, brother and sister. - The I.P. Morris Company, an iron-manufacturing firm founded by their father and later run by John Morris, was a source of family wealth. - Compton became the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania in 1932. Listed on The National Register of Historic Places, it is an interdisciplinary resource center for the University, and is recognized as the official arboretum of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

topics : arboretums