Lynnewood Hall
Historic residence · Pennsylvania, United States
Business & industry
History
Lynnewood Hall is a 110-room Neoclassical Revival mansion in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. It was designed by the architect Horace Trumbauer for the 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 U.S. history, amassed by Peter and his son Joseph E. Widener and donated to the National Gallery of Art in 1942.
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About George Dunton Widener
George Dunton Widener was an American businessman who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
From the Wikipedia article “George Dunton Widener”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting
This building is recorded as a residence of the people listed; it may be privately owned and not open to the public. Opening times, tickets and access change, so check the official website before you travel. Get directions.
