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Effort to Save Lynnewood Hall Takes a Big Step Forward With Sale
Preservation

Effort to Save Lynnewood Hall Takes a Big Step Forward With Sale

Lynnewood Hall Preservation Foundation purchases legendary estate in Elkins Park, unlocking its future after decades of vacancy and disrepair

Ellis House, Remnant of North Broad’s Gilded Age, Headed for Auction
Architecture

Ellis House, Remnant of North Broad’s Gilded Age, Headed for Auction

Another North Philly landmark connected to Father Divine and his Peace Mission is up for sale. Step inside the Richardsonian Romanesque residence and see its incredible interior

More is More: Reimagining Relics of the Gilded Age
Preservation

More is More: Reimagining Relics of the Gilded Age

Their glory days long faded, the relics of the Gilded Age offer potential for creative reinvention and interpretation as exuberant as the era that created them

Preservation Group Mobilizes to Save Lynnewood Hall
Preservation

Preservation Group Mobilizes to Save Lynnewood Hall

A Gilded Age mansion in Elkins Park has been reawakened. Kimberly Haas and Peter Woodall take us inside the legendary home

Living Large on the Delaware River
Architecture

Living Large on the Delaware River

Stacia Friedman gives us a tour of two opulent estates in Northeast Philadelphia

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


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