Lower Merion Historical Society

The Lower Merion Historical Society

« Houses & Estates Collection

Oakwell

Garden facade PHE7-OAK 02

Built: 1920
Status 2020: extant

Architect: William Wayne

1835 County Line Road, Villanova, PA; original owner: William W. Bodine, vice-president of United Gas Improvement Co.; original architect: William Wayne; alteration: Perry, Shaw & Hepburn; plot size: 19.5 acres; 1920;

"Overtly theatrical in its historicism, Oakwell represents 1920s romanticism at its most unabashed." —William Morrison

driveway leads from a portcullis beside a round gatehouse with a pointed slate-tiled roof and ivy-covered walls to an ornate mansion
Rear courtyard PHE7-OAK06
ornate chairs and tables on a tile floor, with oriental carpets, leaded glass and coffered wood panelled walls
Sun Porch PHE7-OAK10

16 Items

PHE Binder 7 (Villanova)

TitleDateFormat
Data sheetPHE7-OAK 01
Garden facadeTwo similar views; 8" x 10"; b & wPHE7-OAK 02
Driveway to entrance porte-cochére 8" x 10"; b & wPHE7-OAK 03
Door and window detailTwo similar views; 8" x 10"; b & wPHE7-OAK 04
Rear garden facade8" x 10"; b & wPHE7-OAK 05
Rear courtyard8" x 10"; b & wPHE7-OAK 06
Library8" x 10"; b & wPHE7-OAK 07
Library alcove8" x 10"; b & wPHE7-OAK 08
Trophy room8" x 10"; b & wPHE7-OAK 09
Sun porch8" x 10"; b & wPHE7-OAK 10
Hallway8" x 10"; b & wPHE7-OAK 11
Dining roomTwo views; 8" x 10"; b & wPHE7-OAK 12
Living room8" x 10"; b & wPHE7-OAK 13
Entrance hall stairs8" x 10"; b & wPHE7-OAK 14
Entrance hall 8" x 10"; b & wPHE7-OAK 15
Biographical data - William Warren Bodine8" x 10"; b & wPHE7-OAK 16

Location

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