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Colebrook

Also known as: Colebrook Manor

Built: 1903
Status 2020: demolished

Architect: Cope & Stewardson

Old Gulph Road & Morris Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA; original owner: Francis L. Potts, president Enterprise Transit Co. and Lycoming Mining Co.; subsequent owners: Carrie Potts, widow and Helen Smith, daughter; original architect: Cope & Stewardson; plot size: 51 acres; 1903; stable: Brockie & Hastings; ca. 1908;

9 Items

PHE Binder 2 (Bryn Mawr)

TitleDateFormat
Data sheetPHE2-COL 01
Entrance facade8" x 10"; b & wPHE2-COL 02
Garden facadeTwo similar views; 8" x 10"; b & wPHE2-COL 03
Stable and floor plans8" x 10"; b & wPHE2-COL 04
Stable 8" x 10"; b & wPHE2-COL 05
West & east elevations 8" x 10"; b & wPHE2-COL 06
South & north elevations, first & second floor plans from the architect's drawings 8" x 10"; b & wPHE2-COL 07
Biographical data - Francis L. PottsFour pages of biographical data and photo of Francis L. PottsPHE2-COL 08
Biographical data - Wikoff SmithTwo pages of biographical data about Wikoff Smith, husband of Helen SmithPHE2-COL 09

Location

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house is gone
standing