Group hopes to restore historic Lynnewood Hall back to age-old grandeur

Sitting on 35 acres in Elkins Park, Lynnewood Hall is a 110-room relic of the Gilded Age. A mansion where the wealthy, Widner Family displayed the work of the world’s greatest painters in five galleries. While the mansion, built in 1900, still holds its impressive size and architecture, most of the structure has fallen into disrepair.

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[ellenmax]

Such monumental structure represents American’s true golden past in grandeur that the full restoration in respect its original architectural elements ( including its formal garden ) are essential for this place to radiant through history … with an efficient business plan to allow this place with economic success yet not to loose its elegance is highly possible ( top quality hospitality use, on going culture events for art and stately and global conferences … the possibilities are endless ). It also will add local tourism attraction and bring unforeseen businesses to boost local commerce. My heart goes for its triumph transformation !

[dmd]

❤️ from Michigan! Thank you for covering this great story of preservation!!!.

[cww]

I remember walking or driving past this place when I was younger. Glad to see someone is doing something with it.

[greeneyedwarlock]

CANNOT ANYONE bought this crumbling masterpiece!!! The mind races with the just hope and pray beyond description that it can be saved and truly, properly restored.

[toysreviewgirl]

Good job a landmark like that deserves attention

[WillieChristopher-nemy]

Iam glad to see that it will be saved and have a new life and purpose

[JonesJones-npkq]

I wish 🙏🏾 all the best on this endeavor, it’s great to see, please start a YouTube channel for restoration to help raise funds! I’m tired of seeing French château’s

[maryharris]

I wish we could tour this beautiful mansion. If they can fully repair and restore it to how beautiful it was. This would be lovely. I have toured the Vanderbilts in R.I. and you pay around $25 and its so worth it. This is how they are able to keep the mansion alive again. They do a great job and you get to walk the grounds. I reallt hope to see this mansion and tour it also. They can bring it back to its glory but ofcourse they need funding

[ItsMe-yvjd]

Good to see they were able to buy it back from the property developer living in China, that abandoned it for years. Not sure restoring the gardens first and then restoring the interiors after, is the best way to attract paying visitors.... they might want to consider making YouTube videos, to share the restoration process and add historic stories about the property, and the furniture and art collections that were auctioned off.

[GIRLRAZR]

PHILADELPHIA IS A MIGHTY AND POWERFUL CITY INDEED! =)

[allenmurray]

It'll be great if that can happen.

[pheanix]

Bring the property brothers they would to restore this historical beauty back to is original grandeur

[monkeygraborange]

Imagine, garnering a vast fortune on the backs of hundreds of thousands of disposable people and now begging their descendants to pay to restore what the original owners clearly didn’t give a shlt about maintaining?

[illiniwood]

This preservation foundation need to be completely transparent. After all, this country doesn't need another Disney agenda.

[petergozinya]

Raze the edifice and build nice new townhouses.

[BeauQuillen]

Only a future Billionaire Beauregard Quillen could live there.