Curtis Hall, 8230 Old York Road, Elkins Park, Montgomery County, PA
Summary
For additional documentation, see also HALS PA-29 (Curtis Arboretum)
Significance: Curtis Hall, built in 1903 as a music room addition, is the surviving portion of Lyndon, a French Renaissance style mansion built for publishing magnate, Cyrus H.K. Curtis, at the turn of the century.
Survey number: HABS PA-6057
Building/structure dates: 1903 Initial Construction
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elkins park pa
curtis
curtis hall
york
old york road
elkins
elkins park
montgomery county
pennsylvania
domestic life
music rooms
music
stone buildings limestone
roofing slate
baily and truscott
william lloyd baily
janet blutstein
jack e boucher
curtis arboretum
mary louise curtis bok
curtis publishing company
cyrus hermann kotzschmar curtis
historic american buildings survey
jacob myers and sons
olmsted brothers
erling h pederson
arthur truscott
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
guilded age
library of congress
Date
1903 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
Elkins Park (Pa.)
,
40.08156, -75.12756
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html