Breidenhart
- Also Known As: Lutheran Home
- Address: 255 E Main St
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1894/00/00 | Samuel Leeds Allen | Home | Breidenhart, also known as "The Castle," is designed by the architect Walter Smedley for Samuel Leeds Allen, a manufacturer of agricultural equipment best known for his invention of the Flexible Flyer sled. | |||
1894/00/00 | Walter D Smedley | Architect | Breidenhart, also known as "The Castle," is designed by the architect Walter Smedley for Samuel Leeds Allen, a manufacturer of agricultural equipment best known for his invention of the Flexible Flyer sled. | |||
1918/00/00 | Eldridge Reeves Johnson | Home | Following Allen's death in 1918, the Breidenhart is sold to Eldridge Reeves Johnson, founder and President of the Victor Talking Machine Company, who will make substantial alterations to the house. | |||
1945/11/14 | Eldridge Reeves Johnson | Died | Eldridge Reeves Johnson dies at Breidenhart, his home at Moorestown Township, New Jersey, after suffering a stroke days earlier. He is buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. |
Particulars for Breidenhart: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Area of Significance | Art |
Sight Category | Building |
Area of Significance | Commerce |
Area of Significance | Entertainment - Recreation |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Level of Significance | National |
Owner | Private |
Architectural Style | Queen Anne |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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