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First 300 Photograph Collection
Title: |
Jones, Dick |
Source: |
Sydbury House (Brentwood), Home of William L. McLean, Jr., Wynnewood |
Photographer: |
Dick Jones |
Collection: |
First 300 |
Date: |
2000 |
Binder #: |
5 |
Image #: |
266-1 |
Abstract: |
Designed by Furness, Evans & Co. in 1906 for Marriott C. Smyth and called Brentwood; purchased by Walter H. Lippincott in the 1920s and renamed Sydbury House; Thomas Sears, landscape architect hired to make renovations; William J. McLean, Jr., publisher of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, purchased the home and engaged Mellor & Meggs to renovate and alter the house in the late 1930s |
Item Number: |
811 |
Keywords: |
McLean, William L., Jr./ Sydbury House/ Smyth, Marriott C./ Brentwood/ Furness, Evans & Co./ Lippincott, Walter/ Sears, Thomas/ Mellor & Meggs/ Philadelphia Evening Bulletin |