Whitemarsh Ruins Tour (Part II)

This is a video of a recent walk through what is left of Edward Stonesbury's Estate known as Whitemarsh Hall. It was Horace Trumbauer's masterpiece. It was known as the sister house to Lynnewood Hall. This video shows the remains of the estate and the beautiful park created in what remains of the original main house. This is Part II of two videos.

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• Whitemarsh Hall
• Wyndmore PA
• Edward Stotesbury
• abandoned mansion

[Puzsst]

Wellllllllllllllllllllllllllll­l,all i have to say is >>>>Thank you very much for putting this on.Whitemarsh was one of the three largest private residences ever built back then.........To bad they closed of the basements off,would of loved seeing what they looked like.Theres isn't any pic's that i've found yet,but ppl use to go all the time and explore after it was abandoned.Hopefully somebody was smart enough to take some.

[iimagemakeup]

This is awesome thank you for posting and the grate history. Kinda sad how it mostly gone. What a site to see if it was well kept!

[yamahonkawazuki]

@Puzsst id even settle for the most hated thing on youtube. a slideshow. 

[starchildstrider]

It escapes me what motivated the developers who demolished the mansion to leave any of the remains of the place standing; for it is a statement about what was destroyed, not what used to be there. It delivers a disgusting and inappropriate message that their sole directive was money; not to mention the disrespect it shows for the memory of Edward & Eva Stotesbury. Equally responsible are their descendants - I'd have guarded the place with my life. Guess they were only in it for the money too.

[starchildstrider]

The place was so extraordinarily huge that when one was in it's presence, it left one awestruck. There was something intangible about the estate that captured you; that haunts me to this day. Everyone who visited the place says the same thing - it was almost as if the place emanated a delightful sort of magical feeling; but a good one; nothing scary at all. It stood it's ground so regally and proud; almost like it was alive itself; you couldn't help but form a loving attachment to the place.

[starchildstrider]

The demolition of The Stotesbury Mansion (as we locals called it) was a violation of the law in that it met between 5-10 criteria for eligibility as an Historic Landmark. It is appalling that whoever owned it at that time, left it completely unprotected & vulnerable to the senseless vandalism that gave rise to the causation for it's ultimate demolition. Leaving parts of it still standing only serves as a reminder that the money-mongers valued money more than preserving American Heritage.

[starchildstrider]

I was one of the fortunate ones to have seen the Mansion before it's eventual demise. I lived in a neighborhood adjacent to the estate when I was a small child. As soon as I could walk, I'd accompany my older sisters as we would run thru the woods, to arrive at the Formal Gardens on the other side. My fondest memories are the endless hours I spent playing on the grounds of the estate; I used to pretend I lived there! People would wave to us from the windows, and never made us leave. (next >)

[etrax2000]

What idiors allowed them to build those 1950's rat shacks in the glorius shadoiws of yesterday ? Philadelphia tore down hundreds of colonial houses on Lombard chestnut and market st back in the 1950's. too bad Jakie kennedy didn't have any power back in the 1950's. she would have saved it.

[F430Racer]

Stephen, although much of your homework has been well completed, you are interchanging Lynnewood Hall with Whitemarsh Hall. This video is Whitemarsh, NOT Lynnewood. Javon7065 is correct too that these were 110 and 150 ROOM (not bedroom) mansions, with Whitemarsh being the larger.