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Notable Houses and Estates of Villanova

Code: SL51828

Dates: March 20, 2026

Meets: 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM

Sessions: 1

Location: Creutzburg Center 101

Course Fee: $39.00

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Look at a variety of notable properties in Villanova. Focus on the development of the Phillips family land in the early 1900s, the small arts colony planned there, and the subsequent building of large country houses. Highlighted are the work of architects Baily & Bassett and houses from the 18th century updated and expanded by architects like R. Brognard Okie and Walter Durham. Included are large houses along Montgomery Avenue and off Sproul Road and Conestoga Road.
Fee: $39.00
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Creutzburg Center 101

260 Gulph Creek Road
(in Harford Park)
Radnor, PA 19087
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Jeff Groff

Jeff Groff recently retired as Estate Historian at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library. He also served as Director of Public Programs and Director of Interpretation. For sixteen years he was Executive Director of Wyck Historic House and Garden in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. He holds an MA from the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture of the University of Delaware. For over forty years he has studied and lectured on American country houses and gardens, particularly those of Philadelphia’s “Main Line” and surrounding areas, with an emphasis on country life and sports, and gentleman farming. He served as co-curator of Winterthur’s very successful exhibitions “Costumes of Downton Abbey” and “Costuming The Crown."

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