Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania

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Lynnewood Hall in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania is a grand Gilded Age mansion renowned as one of the largest surviving Neoclassical Revival residences in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gilded Age mansion ⓘ
Neoclassical Revival residence ⓘ
historic house ⓘ
mansion ⓘ
architect Horace Trumbauer ⓘ
Trumbauer architectural firm ⓘ
architecturalStyle Classical Revival ⓘ
Neoclassical Revival ⓘ
area approximately 70,000 square feet ⓘ
associatedWith Peter A. B. Widener art collection ⓘ
Widener family ⓘ
category Gilded Age mansions in the United States ⓘ
Historic houses in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Neoclassical architecture in Pennsylvania ⓘ
client Peter A. B. Widener ⓘ
completionDate 1900 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1897 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Montgomery County ⓘ
dateAddedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces December 20, 1979 ⓘ
floorCount 3 ⓘ
hasFeature art galleries ⓘ
ballrooms ⓘ
colonnaded portico ⓘ
extensive service quarters ⓘ
formal landscape ⓘ
grand entrance hall ⓘ
limestone façade ⓘ
hasPark formal gardens (historical) ⓘ
heritageStatus listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
historicalRegion Main Line / Philadelphia region ⓘ
knownFor association with the Widener family ⓘ
being one of the largest surviving Neoclassical Revival residences in the United States ⓘ
former world-class art collection ⓘ
grand Gilded Age architecture ⓘ
locatedIn Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Cheltenham Township

Elkins Park, Pennsylvania ⓘ
United States ⓘ
namedAfter Lynnewood ⓘ
nationalRegisterOfHistoricPlacesReferenceNumber 79002293 ⓘ
nationalRegisterOfHistoricPlacesStatus listed ⓘ
neighborhood Elkins Park ⓘ
numberOfRooms 110 ⓘ
over 100 ⓘ
originalOwner Peter A. B. Widener ⓘ
owner Lynnewood Hall Preservation Foundation ⓘ
state Pennsylvania ⓘ
stylePeriod Gilded Age ⓘ
township Cheltenham Township ⓘ
use historic preservation project ⓘ
institutional use (mid-20th century) ⓘ
private residence (historical) ⓘ

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Horace Trumbauer → notableWork → Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Widener family → hasAncestralHome → Lynnewood Hall ⓘ
linked to: Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Peter Arrell Browne Widener → notableResidence → Lynnewood Hall ⓘ
linked to: Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Lynnewood Hall → owner → Lynnewood Hall Preservation Foundation ⓘ
linked to: Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Joseph E. Widener → residence → Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania