Lower Merion Historical Society

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First 300 Photograph Collection

Title: Stoke Poges, Home of Frederick Philips, Villanova
Source: Lower Merion Historical Society Archives
Photographer:
Collection: First 300
Date: 2000
Binder #: 5
Image #: 236-1
Abstract: In the early 1900s, Frederick Philips purchased 800 acres off Spring Mill Road, Villanova including several 18th century farmhouses and structures; he named the property Stoke Poges and remodeled several of the farmhouses; later owners continued to remodel the the buildings into private homes
Item Number: 726
Keywords: Stoke Poges/ Philips, Frederick/ Villanova/ Baily & Bassett