Springfield Township Historical Society Wharton Sinkler Estate collection 1926-2002

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Springfield Township Historical Society Wharton Sinkler Estate collection 1926-2002

http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/ead.html?id=PACSCL_HSP_STHS06

The Wharton Sinkler Estate (also known as Lane's End, Guildford, or the Rotan Estate) is located in Wyndmoor, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The mansion was built by Samuel P. Rotan and Allethaire Ludlow Crummer in 1925 and used by the University of Pennsylvania as the Wharton Sinkler Conference Center from 1971 to 1999. The Springfield Township Historical Society Wharton Sinkler Estate collection, 1926-2002, consists primarily of records relating to the University of Pennsylvania's subdivision and sale of the property, 1998-2002, with some additional materials relating to the history of the property and its inhabitants. Of special interest is a photograph album of the mansion's construction.

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Springfield Township Historical Society (Montgomery County, Pa.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6328563

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Crummer, Allethaire Ludlow

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University of Pennsylvania. Wharton Sinkler Conference Center.

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Springfield Township Historical Society

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"In 1916, Edward and Eva Stotesbury commissioned [Horace] Trumbauer to design one of his most famous projects: Whitemarsh. Whitemarsh Hall was set on a hill outside Philadelphia in Springfield, Pennsylvania. Stotesbury was a senior partner at the Drexel & Company banking house, an associate of J. P. Morgan, and one of the wealthiest men in America. He met Trumbauer in 1909 when the architect designed an addition for the Union League at Fifteenth and Sansom Streets. "...

Rotan, Samuel P., 1869-1930

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Guildford (Mansion : Wyndmoor, Pa.).

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Elkins, George W., 1858-1919

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