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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Stotesbury Estate

Whitemarsh Hall was the Third Largest Private Residence in the United States.  100,000 square feet of Perfect Classical proportions and Detailing built from 1917-1920.  All swept away by 1980!


All Photos courtesy of Pennsylvania State Archives, U.S. Library of Congress, Harvard University, Philadelphia Atheneum and Waynce C. Wilcox (http://www.stotesbury.com/)


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Video Tour Below:



First Floor______________________
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Entrance Hall
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Main Stair Hall



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Reception Room
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Billiard Room
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Tea Room
(see Video)
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Breakfast Room

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Small Library
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Mr. Sotesbury's Sitting Room 



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Ball Room



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Drawing Room


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Main Dining Room
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Entrance to Organ Gallery
Organ Gallery
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Niche (possibly off Dining Room near Arcade Entrance)
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East Rotunda

West "Palm" Rotunda

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Arcaded Belvedere Loggia

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Summer Loggia
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Second Floor_____________________________
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Upstairs Hall
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Upstairs Dining Room
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Trophy Room
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Treillige Loggia
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Mrs. Stotesbury's Bedroom Suite
Mrs. Stotesbury's Bath
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Mrs. Stotesbury's Boudoir
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Mrs. Stotesbury's Empire Loggia
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Portico Guest Suite

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Apricot Guest Bedroom
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Laquer Guest Bedroom
(Not Shown)
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Blue Guest Bedroom
(Not Shown)
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Unidentified Room
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Mr. Stotesbury's Bedroom

Mr. Stotesbury's Drawing Room
(Not Shown)
Valley Suite Bedroom
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Valley Suite Sitting Room

Daughter's Room

Three Guest Bedrooms
(Not Shown)
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Second Floor Sun Terrace
The Gardens________________________________

East Arcaded Loggia

View of Main Fountain






View of Parterre

Lower Garden West Fountain

Lower Garden East Fountain




Main Fountain


Shaded Garden Terrace




Boxwood Parterre Terrace

Parterre Terrace Fountain with East Belvedere in Distance

Entrance to Tea Room with West Belvedere in Distance



West Belvedere


Decorative Classical Urn

Trellis Garden Bench

South View

Construction of Whitemarsh_______________________________________

Mr. Stotesbury, Mrs. Stotesbury, Oliver Stotesbury, and Horace Trumbauer


 The 50 Foot Tall Ionic Columns of Front Portico












Main Gatehouse 



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thanks so much for the memories...and beautiful photos. I remember the foyer steps caked with mud. I remember the long dark hallways with bottomless elevator shafts. I also recall the garden steps with the water in the gardens. At the age of 18 we used to visit the mansion at night with flashlights. I will never forget the long unending hallways the beautiful figurines and the overgrown gardens. I am now 55years old and will never forget the grand Stotesbury Mannor. Thanks for the memories.....