{"id":552,"date":"1954-02-05T12:36:12","date_gmt":"1954-02-05T17:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radnorhistory.org\/archive\/articles\/ytmt\/?p=552"},"modified":"2016-06-26T12:38:02","modified_gmt":"2016-06-26T17:38:02","slug":"wayne-estate-pillar-round-end-and-new-tower-houses-by-wendell-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radnorhistory.org\/archive\/articles\/ytmt\/?p=552","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Estate: Pillar, Round End and New Tower Houses by Wendell & Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"

In last week\u2019s column two illustrations were taken from one of the earliest brochures printed by Wendell and Smith, \u201cHome Builders\u201d of Wayne. In the foreword to this brochure \u201cWayne, on the Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad\u201d is described as \u201cthe handsomest suburb, perhaps, in this country\u2026 the territory of this charming town embraces an area of about 600 acres of plateau (400 feet above the level of Philadelphia) environed by woodlands.\u201d<\/p>\n

This week\u2019s column continues by showing three additional houses that might be purchased \u201ccomplete and ready for occupancy\u201d if their sites and design suited the prospective buyers. F.L. and W.L. Price, of 731 Walnut street, Philadelphia were the architects of the five houses shown to date, except for the \u201cGabled Inn, of which J.C. Worthington, of 735 Walnut street, was the architect.<\/p>\n

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\nThe design of this house which appeared originally on Woodland avenue, was copied from \u201cold English houses\u201d, according to the brochure. The \u201cround end houses\u201d were on lots 120 x 225 and sold for $8,000 each. \u201cA large, open living room with liberal fireplace, yet secluded from hall\u201d is described as \u201cthe chief feature of this plan\u201d. In addition it contains \u201cseven chambers and bathroom and large store room and butler\u2019s pantry\u2026 massive oak stairway handsomely carved\u2026 plate glass windows and effective stained glasswork\u2026 a good porch\u2026 spacious rooms\u2026 very complete house, with oak finish for the first story\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"55_image02\"<\/a>This type of house also appeared originally on Woodland avenue, on a lot of 155 feet and priced at $9,500. Its exterior is described as \u201cvery picturesque\u201d with \u201clarge, well shaded portico on the front\u201d. On the interior it was \u201ca very attractive 13-room house with carved oak staircase\u2026 hard wood finish on the first floor and home-like corners for your furniture\u2026 tasteful effects in stained glass roundels\u2026 the very best of everything in this house.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"55_image03\"<\/a>At first glance the \u201cPillar House\u201d, which was originally built on Chestnut lane, bears a rather close resemblance to the \u201cGabled Inn\u201d, shown in last week\u2019s column. However it is considerably larger, having a third floor which the \u201cGabled Inn\u201d does not. Lots for the \u201cPillar House\u201d were 113 x 230, with the complete price $8,250. It was built with \u201cstone and brick, pebble-coated to second story\u2026 large porch, vestibule, open hall, reception room, library with open grate and mantel, dining room, kitchen, out-kitchen, stationary soapstone washing tubs\u201d. On the second floor there were five bedrooms and a bath with two rooms on the third floor.<\/p>\n

(Next week\u2019s column will show pictures of types of houses built in St. Davids, as well as a picture of the office built for the Wayne Estate, just across the street from St. Davids railroad station.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In last week\u2019s column two illustrations were taken from one of the earliest brochures printed by Wendell and Smith, \u201cHome Builders\u201d of Wayne. In the foreword to this brochure \u201cWayne, on the Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad\u201d is described as \u201cthe handsomest suburb, perhaps, in this country\u2026 the territory of this charming town embraces…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radnorhistory.org\/archive\/articles\/ytmt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radnorhistory.org\/archive\/articles\/ytmt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radnorhistory.org\/archive\/articles\/ytmt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radnorhistory.org\/archive\/articles\/ytmt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radnorhistory.org\/archive\/articles\/ytmt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radnorhistory.org\/archive\/articles\/ytmt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":556,"href":"https:\/\/radnorhistory.org\/archive\/articles\/ytmt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions\/556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radnorhistory.org\/archive\/articles\/ytmt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radnorhistory.org\/archive\/articles\/ytmt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radnorhistory.org\/archive\/articles\/ytmt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}