Dunminning

2007.047.001




Object ID#    2007.047.001                

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Black and white photo of the outside front of a building on the estate known as Dunminning. A sign above the entrance portico says Administration.

Notes    
Original owner -- John A. Brown, died 1919, Married Phillipa Etting, later to Harriet Etting who died in 1940. John was a director of Girard Trust and a Brown family heir. City residence was 224 W. Rittenhouse Square, and office at 205 Real Estate Trust Bldg. Subcequent owner -- Devereaux Foundation. Plot size -- 151 acres. Original architect -- Theophilus P. Chandler in 1897. Biography information is attached to the folder.