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  2. Lynnewood Hall - Wikipedia

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    The estate originally encompassed 300 acres, upon 33 of which a fenced ornamental garden was constructed. The fenced area includes a gatehouse and smaller Lynnewood Lodge (also known as Conklin Hall), built in the same style as the mansion. The mansion's grounds have remained contiguous since the 1952 sale. [4]

  3. Horace Trumbauer - Wikipedia

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    Harrison introduced him to the streetcar tycoon and real-estate developer Peter A. B. Widener, whose 110-room Georgian-revival palace, Lynnewood Hall (1897–1900), launched Trumbauer's successful career. [1] For the Wideners, the Elkins, and their circle he designed mansions in Philadelphia, New York City, and Newport, Rhode Island. Through ...

  4. List of largest houses in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Built for Owner Year completed Architectural style Architect Image 1: 178,926 sq ft (16,622.8 m 2) [2] Biltmore Estate: Asheville, North Carolina: George Washington Vanderbilt II: The Biltmore Company [3] 1895: Châteauesque: Richard Morris Hunt and Frederick Law Olmsted: 2: 109,848 sq ft (10,205.2 m 2) Lynnewood Hall: Elkins Park, Pennsylvania ...

  5. Once-Spectacular Mansions That Were Abandoned and Left to Rot

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    Lynnewood Hall. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. In 1897, construction was started on Lynnewood Hall, which was designed by architect Horace Trumbauer for Peter A.B. Widener, one of the richest men in ...

  6. Peter Arrell Browne Widener - Wikipedia

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    P.A B. Widener died at Lynnewood Hall at the age of 80 on November 6, 1915, having suffered from poor health for three years. [8] [1] After his death, his estate was valued at $31,589,353. [9] By 1945, the accumulated income plus the current value of the real and personal property totaled $98,368,058. [9]

  7. Whitemarsh Hall - Wikipedia

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    Whitemarsh Hall was an estate owned by banking executive Edward T. Stotesbury and his wife, Eva, on 300 acres (1.2 km 2) of land in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, United States. [2] Designed by the Gilded Age architect Horace Trumbauer , it was built in 1921 and demolished in 1980.

  8. List of Gilded Age mansions - Wikipedia

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    The estate is now part of Cumberland Island National Seashore. ... Lynnewood Hall: 1900: Neoclassical Revival: ... Martin & Hall: Barrington: Built for Frederick ...

  9. Mass. town paid $1.7M for Smith & Wesson founder’s historic ...

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    The 32-room White Cliffs estate was bought ... It was built at 167 Main St. by Daniel Wesson, co-founder of Smith & Wesson firearms manufacturer, as a summer home for what would be $9.5 million ...