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English Country Manor Still Parties Like it’s 1929
Preservation

English Country Manor Still Parties Like it’s 1929

Hope Montgomery Scott’s Ardrossan Farms was a magnet of Main Line society in the 1920s and 1930s, inspiring the iconic film, “The Philadelphia Story.” Today the impeccably-preserved Villanova mansion remains in family hands

On South Broad, Former Lippincott Mansion Hits the Right Note
City Life

On South Broad, Former Lippincott Mansion Hits the Right Note

Stacia Friedman takes us inside one of South Broad Street’s most mysterious and magnificent historic mansions.

Inside The Empty, Gilded Halls Of Elkins Estate
Photography

Inside The Empty, Gilded Halls Of Elkins Estate

Photographer Kris Catherine gives an exclusive look inside the opulent mansions of Elkins Estate

The Philadelphia Art Alliance At 100: Centennial Exhibition Celebrates The Wetherill Mansion
Art & Design

The Philadelphia Art Alliance At 100: Centennial Exhibition Celebrates The Wetherill Mansion

The Philadelphia Art Alliance celebrates 100 years with the installation exhibition, Home Is Where You Hang Your Hat

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American Versailles

Whitemarsh Hall was a Jazz Age palace of gargantuan proportions that stood for only six decades. Today, some of its remnants decorate a suburban subdivision built on the grounds of the estate.


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