ELKINS PARK, Pa. -- The Lynnewood Hall Preservation Foundation recently acquired the building and is planning on restoring the hall to its former glory. They recently started a fundraising campaign to ...
This palatial estate has a dark past, but hopefully a bright future. Located in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, about a 30-minute drive from Philadelphia, the historic Lynnewood Hall had a long and varied ...
In 1897, Peter Widener built a mansion near Philadelphia with 32 bedrooms and 28 bathrooms. Some of Lynnewood Hall's intended residents tragically perished aboard the Titanic. The mansion housed ...
ELKINS PARK, Pa. (CBS) -- After sitting vacant for decades, an Elkins Park mansion from the Gilded Age is undergoing a long-awaited restoration. Tucked away on Spring Avenue is one of the largest ...
In 1940, P.A.B. Widener II opined that “the days of America’s privately owned treasure houses are over.” Writing in his autobiography, Without drums, Widener referred to his own family’s 110-room ...