History The Greenhill Estate: From Quaker Settlement to National Scandal to a Place for Friends Stacia Friedman explores an old homestead in Overbrook that has kept busy for 393 years
Preservation Disston Mansion, Time Capsule of North Philly’s Gilded Age, Heads to Auction An opulent Victorian home on 16th Street has ties to a utopian industrial empire and the charismatic religious leader Father Divine. Kyle Bagenstose and Michael Bixler take us inside
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
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
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 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
Architecture Living Large on the Delaware River Stacia Friedman gives us a tour of two opulent estates in Northeast Philadelphia
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
