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Whitemarsh hall contained 150 rooms rooftop gardens and an entire service wing which housed more than 50 staff members who maintained the grounds. Whitemarsh hall a 147room georgian palace into which the philadelphia millionaire edward t.

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One of the primary places they visited was whitemarsh hall.

Whitemarsh hall basement. Edward townsend stotesbury had the mansion built in 1916 on a 300 acre estate just outside of philadelphia pa. Couldnt go in the basement because it was flooded but wouldnt anyway without others with us. In total the estate measured more than 100000 square feet making it at the time the third largest house in the united states.

Whitemarsh was the third largest house ever. The main residence whitemarsh hall wyndmoor pa. Such a shame that had to go to waste.

The long wing contained servants quarters and working space in the basement which was exposed for access on the north. Stotesbury poured millions of dollars is now an abandoned vandalized shell with windows and doors. What others are saying some of you may have heard of a wonderful little estate entitles whitemarsh hall.

Whitemarsh hall was a jazz age palace of gargantuan proportions that stood for only six decades. For additional information on the fountains and sculpture in the gardens at whitemarsh hall click here. Architectural floor plans basement plans old world style space architecture historic homes gilded age bed and breakfast old houses palaces.

Click here to watch the film of whitemarsh hall gardens in 1931. The following film footage of the whitemarsh hall gardens 115 to 330 was taken during this trip. Whitemarsh hall represented the apex of the gilded age and was arguably the finest example of grand palladian architecture in the country.

Designed by the gilded age architect horace trumbauer it was built in 1921 and demolished in 1980before its destruction the mansion was the third largest private residence in the united states. Whitemarsh hall whitemarsh hall known as the versailles of america was one of the largest and most exquisite estates in north america. It was demolished in so sad a nice colorized photo of whitemarsh hall also known as the stotesbury palace sadly gone for ever.

Gilded age mansions us. Your email address will not be published. Whitemarsh hall was a large estate located on 300 acres 12 km 2 of land in wyndmoor pennsylvania us and owned by banking executive edward t.

Basement plan for whitemarsh hall. Whitemarsh hall wyndmoor pennsylvania usa americas vanished versailles built by beaux arts architect horace trumbauer between 1916 and 1921 the neo georgian mansion consisted of 6 stories 3 of which were partly or fully underground 147 rooms 45 bathrooms 100000 square feet 9300 m2 and specialty rooms including a ballroom gymnasium movie theatre and even a refrigerating plant. Leave a reply cancel reply.

Stotesbury and his wife eva. Said to be the most expensive house built in pennsylvania it contained 147 rooms and covered over 100000 square feet of living space.

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