Grey Towers | |
 Grey Towers | |
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| Location | Glenside, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°5′27″N 75°9′53″W / 40.09083°N 75.16472°W |
| Built | 1893 |
| Architect | Horace Trumbauer |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival & others |
| NRHP reference No. | 80003578 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 14, 1980[1] |
| Designated NHL | February 4, 1985[2] |
The Grey Towers Castle is a building on the campus of Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania, which is located in Cheltenham Township, a suburb of Philadelphia, United States. The castle was designed by Horace Trumbauer and built starting in 1893 on the estate of William Welsh Harrison.
The university (then known as Beaver College and located in nearby Jenkintown) purchased the estate in 1929 for $712,500, equal to $12,642,733 today.[3] Classes were split between the two locations until 1962, when the school moved all of its operations to the Glenside area. The castle was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985 for its architecture.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Grey Towers". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on October 7, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2008.
- ^ Grey Towers Castle at Arcadia.edu Archived 2006-09-01 at the Wayback Machine