Whitemarsh Hall

Released on by Charles G. Zwicker
preview-18

  • Whitemarsh Hall Book Detail

  • Author : Charles G. Zwicker
  • Release Date : 2004
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 132
  • ISBN 13 : 9780738536170
  • File Size : 91,91 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

Whitemarsh Hall by Charles G. Zwicker PDF Summary

Book Description: Whitemarsh Hall, known as "the Versailles of America," was one of the largest and most exquisite estates in North America. Edward Townsend Stotesbury, one of the wealthiest Philadelphians in the early twentieth century, commissioned renowned architect Horace Trumbauer to build the one-hundred-forty-sevenroom mansion in 1916 on three hundred acres just outside Philadelphia. Whitemarsh Hall, which took five years to build at an estimated cost of $10 million with all the furnishings, was a wedding present for his second wife. This book explores Whitemarsh Hall's construction, its heyday in the 1920s, the multiple impacts of the Great Depression, Stotesbury's death, and subsequent ownership over the next four decades, culminating in its eventual submission to decay, vandalism, and the wrecking ball in 1980.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Whitemarsh Hall books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Whitemarsh Hall

Whitemarsh Hall

File Size : 73,73 MB
Total View : 9858 Views
DOWNLOAD

Whitemarsh Hall, known as "the Versailles of America," was one of the largest and most exquisite estates in North America. Edward Townsend Stotesbury, one of th