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Cedar Crest

Also known as: Dolobran (2)

Built: 1930
Status 2020: extant

Architect: Edmund B. Gilchrist

1543 Monk Road, Gladwyne, PA; original owner: Rodman E. Griscom, Jr., member of Bertron, Griscom & Co., investments; subsequent owner: John T. Dorrance, Jr.; original architect: Edmond B. Gilchrist; plot size: 49 acres; 1930;

17 Items

PHE Binder 3 (Gladwyne)

TitleDateFormat
Data sheetPHE3-CED 01
Aerial viewca. 19808" x 10"; b & WPHE3-CED 02
Second aerial view8" x 10"; b & WPHE3-CED 03
South & west elevation19308" x 10"; b & WPHE3-CED 04
Entrance gate with view to courtyard1992Two similar views; 8" x 10"; b & WPHE3-CED 05
Courtyard and planter8" x 10"; b & wPHE3-CED 06
Courtyard8" x 10"; b & wPHE3-CED 07
Courtyard door8" x 10"; b & wPHE3-CED 08
Garden view8" x 10"; b & wPHE3-CED 09
Side elevation19928" x 10"; b & wPHE3-CED 10
First & second floor plans19308" x 10"; b & wPHE3-CED 11
Entry hall19988" x 10"; b & wPHE3-CED 12
Dining room8" x 10"; b & wPHE3-CED 13
Living room8" x 10"; b & wPHE3-CED 14
Sales brochure1992?Sotheby's International Realty four page sales brochure in color; $3, 500,000PHE3-CED 15
Sales brochure1998Sotheby's International Realty four page sales brochure in colorPHE3-CED 16
Layout and property subdivision1998?Emlen Wheeler Co. Realtors' sales plan for the house and subdivision of the entire enlarged estatePHE3-CED 17

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