Description: Whitemarsh Hall : The Estate of Edward T. Stotesbury, Paperback by Charles G.; Zwicker, Edward C.; Zwicker, Charles G., ISBN 0738536172, ISBN-13 9780738536170, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Explore the building, heyday and eventual demise of Whitemarsh Hall, once considered the "Versailles of America." Whitemarsh Hall was one of the largest and most exquisite estates in North America. Edward Townsend Stotesbury, one of the wealthiest Philadelphians in the early 20th century, commissioned renowned architect Horace Trumbauer to build the 147-room mansion in 1916 on 300 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 prime 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.
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Book Title: Whitemarsh Hall : the Estate of Edward T. Stotesbury
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Item Height: 0.3 in
Publication Year: 2004
Topic: United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Travel, Photography, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Edward C. Zwicker, Springfield Township Historical Society, Charles G. Zwicker
Item Width: 6.5 in
Book Series: Images of America Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
