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Melrose

Also known as: Rose Hill

Front and side facades PHE5-MEL 02

Built: 1885
Demolished: 1953

Architect: Theophilus P. Chandler, Jr.

N. Highland Avenue & Old Lancaster Road, Merion Station, PA; original owner: Lincoln Godfrey, president of Eddystone Manufacturing Co.; subsequent owners: Charles E. Hires, Fred J. Poth, J. K. Robinson; Adath Israel Synagogue now on the site; original architect: Theophilus P. Chandler, Jr.; alterations by William L. Price; plot size: 21 acres; late 1800s;

2 Items

PHE Binder 5 (Merion Station, Overbrook, Narberth, Penn Valley)

TitleDateFormat
Data sheetPHE5-MEL 01
Front and side facadesTwo copies; 8" x 10"; b & wPHE5-MEL 02

Location

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House built <1880 '80s '90s 1900s '10s '20s '30s
house is gone
standing