In 1897, Peter Widener built a mansion near Philadelphia with 32 bedrooms and 28 bathrooms. Some of Lynnewood Hall's intended residents tragically perished aboard the Titanic. The mansion housed ...
ELKINS PARK, Pa. (CBS) -- After sitting vacant for decades, an Elkins Park mansion from the Gilded Age is undergoing a long-awaited restoration. Tucked away on Spring Avenue is one of the largest ...
This palatial estate has a dark past, but hopefully a bright future. Located in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, about a 30-minute drive from Philadelphia, the historic Lynnewood Hall had a long and varied ...
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Lynnewood Hall is a 110-room Neoclassical Revival mansion located in Elkins Park, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Designed by architect Horace Trumbauer for industrialist Peter A. B. Widener, it was ...
ELKINS PARK, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- In Montgomery County, a local foundation is on a mission to restore the extraordinary Lynnewood Hall Mansion in Elkins Park. The over 110-room structure is known as ...
The tagline for Montgomery County's Lynnewood Hall is the "Last American Versailles." It's 110,000 square feet, has 135 rooms, and sits on 35 acres. "There is no other residential building in America ...