Launfal

2006.010.145




Object ID#    2006.010.145                

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Description    
Close-up view of the home at Launfal.

Notes    
Information from the MAIN LINE ESTATE DATASHEET: "Estate Name 'Hillsover' a.k.a. 'Launfal' / Street Sproul Road & Godfrey Road / Village or Town Ithan/Villanova / Original Owner Lincoln Godfrey / Owner's Profession Eddystone Mnfg Co. Pres. / Subsequent Owner(s) Clarence Geist Source purch after 1926 / George W. Kendrick Source Brown Source 1926 / Academy of Notre Dame de Namur / Plot Size 130 acs. Smith 1900 50 acs. / Original Architect Theophilus Chandler / Date 1893 / Alts./Adns Architect-Date Paul Cret -- 1926-27 Source T&M / PPC - 1925 - Gate Hse. Source T&M / Status: Extant, Extensively Altered as 'Launfal' / Illustrations: Ext Photos 2 / Notes/Comments: a.k.a. 'Crystal Sps Farm', Godfrey House'."