Harston Hall

USA / Pennsylvania / Flourtown /
 home, estate (manor / mansion land), nursing home, mansion / manor house / villa, Tudor (architecture)

Built in 1910, Harston Hall belonged to Henry Frazer Harris. The 30-room English Tudor style mansion was impressive and unusual. With exterior stone walls 37 inches thick and designed with numerous hidden stairways, rooms, and vaults. Harris closed up Harston in the late 1940's and lived on his hatch till his death in 1951. The estate was sold off to a housing development and the mansion was converted into a convalescent home that still remains today.
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Coordinates:   40°6'10"N   75°12'2"W
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