Upper House, Episcopal Academy

  • Also Known As: John Gilmore Residence

  • Address: City Line Ave and Berwick Rd
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1900/00/00 William Lightfoot Price Architect A mansion (lost) is built for John Odgers Gilmore, designed in 1899 by William Price, whose own home was just across Berwick Road. Demolished in 1973, the "Yorklynne" carriage house remains.
1921/00/00 Episcopal Academy of Philadelphia opens the Upper School at the former "Yorklynne" estate, bought for $225,000.
1973/10/00 John Gilmore's estate is razed by EA. The carriage house remains, the billiard room "hunting scene" is in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the carriage house weathervane and a knight stained glass window from the mansion are in the campus center lobby.
1974/01/00 Salvaged items, such as furniture, mantles, windows, and the newel post from the grand staircase, are auction in the EA auditorium by Samuel T Freeman, for a total of $11,500.
2012/02/25 William Lightfoot Price Architect A large trestle table, designed by Will Price and made at Rose Valley for "Yorklynne", sells at the Rago Arts and Auction Center for $237,500 against an estimate of $30,000-40,000. It is a record for work from the Rose Valley Arts and Crafts colony.

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Particulars for Upper House, Episcopal Academy:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Architectural Style French Renaissance Revival
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 74002335
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Price,William L.
Architectural Style: Late 19th and 20th century revivals, Other
Attribute: French Renaissance
Other Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Art, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Religious property
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Significant Year: 1899, 1900
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Religion
Current Sub-Function: Church school

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