| Lynnewood Hall | |
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 Pictured in October 2023 | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Neoclassical Revival |
| Address | 920 Spring Ave. |
| Town or city | Elkins Park, Pennsylvania |
| Country | USA |
| Coordinates | 40°4′30.67″N 75°8′27.01″W / 40.0751861°N 75.1408361°W |
| Construction started | 1897 |
| Completed | 1899 |
| Cost | $8 million (equivalent to $293 million in 2023) |
| Client | Peter A. B. Widener |
| Owner | Lynnewood Hall Preservation Foundation (purchased from First Korean Church of New York in 2023) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 109,848 square feet (10,205.2 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Horace Trumbauer |
Lynnewood Hall is a 110-room Neoclassical Revival mansion in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect Horace Trumbauer for industrialist Peter A. B. Widener and built between 1897 and 1899. Lynnewood Hall is the second largest surviving Gilded Age mansion in the United States and once housed the most significant and diverse collection of art in American history, additionally recognized as one of the most important collections of Western European Art in world history. The collection had been assembled by Widener and his younger son, Joseph E. Widener.
Peter Widener died at Lynnewood Hall at the age of 80 on November 6, 1915, after prolonged poor health.[1] He was predeceased by his elder son George Dunton Widener and grandson Harry Elkins Widener, both of whom died when RMS Titanic sank in 1912. The structure changed hands a few times over the subsequent decades, with large portions of the estate grounds sold off in the 1940s, and has been predominantly vacant since 1952, when it was purchased by a Presbyterian seminary.
As of 2023[update] it is being renovated by the Lynnewood Hall Preservation Foundation, which announced a purchase agreement for the estate in February 2023.[2]
- ^ "P.A.B. Widener, Capitalist, Dies". The New York Times. November 7, 1915. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
- ^ Robinson, Carla. "Purchase agreement reached for historic Lynnewood Hall: Pottstown investor funds Gilded Age mansion's preservation foundation". The Chestnut Hill Local. Retrieved February 9, 2023.