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Pencoyd Farm

Also known as: Roberts Estate

South & west sides, ca. 1915 PHE1-PEN 04

Built: 1684
Demolished: 1964

355 E. City Avenue, Bala, PA; original owner: Roberts Family (8 generations), George B. Roberts (1833-1897), president of Pennsylvania Railroad Co., T. Williams Roberts last family owner; plot size in 1900: 122 acres of original 240 acres; architect in late 1800s: Furness & Evans; altered in ca. 1913; architect: Louis Baker;

8 Items

PHE Binder 1 (Ardmore, Bala Cynwyd)

TitleDateFormat
Data sheetsPHE1-PEN 01
South & east sides18918" x 10", b & wPHE1-PEN 02
South & east sidesca. 18938" x 10", b & wPHE1-PEN 03
South & west sidesca. 19158" x 10", b & wPHE1-PEN 04
Front door8" x 10", b & wPHE1-PEN 05
First and second floor plans8" x 10", b & wPHE1-PEN 06
Fireplace8" x 10", b & wPHE1-PEN 07
Biographical dataSeveral pages of biographical information and local newspaper articlesPHE1-PEN 08

Location

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