Dedicated to an era long gone featuring architectural photographs of houses, hotels, apartment and office buildings, civic institutions and more...many of which are no longer standing.
'Fox Fields', the William Struthers Ellis estate designed by Wilson Eyre c. 1910 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Ellis, an attorney and civic leader, was the son of Rudolph Ellis, former president of the Fidelity Trust Company. The younger Ellis was president of the Board of Commissioners of Radnor Township for many years. Click HERE for a 1924 aerial of the estate from the Hagley Archives. 'Fox Fields' was demolished in the 1970s.
'Hunting Hill', the Walter Jeffords estate designed by Wilson Eyre c. 1914 in Media, Pennsylvania. Jeffords, an investment banker, was married to the niece of Samuel D. Riddle and together Jeffords and Riddle owned Faraway Farm in Kentucky (Riddle also owned Glen Riddle Farm). Riddle was the owner of Man O'War and later bred War Admiral. Jeffords is one of only five people ever to be named 'Exemplars of Racing' by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. 'Hunting Hill' is now part of Ridley Creek State Park, click HERE to see the residence on bing.
