Lynnewood Hall
| Lynnewood Hall | |
|---|---|
Pictured in October 2023 | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Neoclassical Revival |
| Address | 920 Spring Ave. |
| Town or city | Elkins Park, Pennsylvania |
| Country | USA |
| Coordinates | 40°4′30.67″N 75°8′27.01″W / 40.0751861°N 75.1408361°W |
| Construction started | 1897 |
| Completed | 1899 |
| Cost | $8 million (equivalent to $302 million in 2024) |
| Client | Peter A. B. Widener |
| Owner | Lynnewood Hall Preservation Foundation (purchased from First Korean Church of New York in 2023) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 109,848 square feet (10,205.2 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Horace Trumbauer |
Lynnewood Hall is a 110-room Neoclassical Revival mansion in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect Horace Trumbauer for industrialist Peter A. B. Widener and built between 1897 and 1899. Lynnewood Hall is the second largest surviving Gilded Age mansion in the United States and once housed one of the most significant art collections in American history, amassed by Peter and his son Joseph E. Widener and donated to the National Gallery of Art in 1942.
Peter Widener died at Lynnewood Hall at the age of 80 on November 6, 1915, after prolonged poor health. He was predeceased by his elder son George Dunton Widener and grandson Harry Elkins Widener, both of whom died when RMS Titanic sank in 1912. The structure changed hands a few times over the subsequent decades, with large portions of the estate grounds sold off in the 1940s. It hosted a Presbyterian seminary from 1952 until the late 1990s, when the property was abandoned.
As of 2023 it is being renovated by the Lynnewood Hall Preservation Foundation, which announced a purchase agreement for the estate in February 2023.