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Preservation Alliance and Friends of the Tanner House partner to save historic Philly landmark

Last summer, Philadelphia city officials deemed the home of renowned artist Henry Ossawa Tanner, “unsafe.”

Friends of the Tanner House and Painting in the Park volunteer, Christopher Rogers (center), talks to event guest during the Juneteenth celebration at the Hatfield House in Fairmount Park on Sunday, June 19, 2022. The Painting in the Park event sought to raise awareness for funding to save the Tanner House on Diamond Street in North Philadelphia. Henry Ossawa Tanner was a renowned artist whose works are in the Philadelphia Museum of Art and PAFA.
Friends of the Tanner House and Painting in the Park volunteer, Christopher Rogers (center), talks to event guest during the Juneteenth celebration at the Hatfield House in Fairmount Park on Sunday, June 19, 2022. The Painting in the Park event sought to raise awareness for funding to save the Tanner House on Diamond Street in North Philadelphia. Henry Ossawa Tanner was a renowned artist whose works are in the Philadelphia Museum of Art and PAFA.Read moreYONG KIM / Staff Photographer