Grey Towers Castle
Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Grey Towers Castle is a building on the campus of Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania, which is located in Cheltenham Township, a suburb of Philadelphia, United States. The castle was designed by Horace Trumbauer and built starting in 1893 on the estate of William Welsh Harrison.
Grey Towers | |
Location | Glenside, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°5′27″N 75°9′53″W |
Built | 1893 |
Architect | Horace Trumbauer |
Architectural style | Gothic Revival & others |
NRHP reference No. | 80003578 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | February 14, 1980[1] |
Designated NHL | February 4, 1985[2] |
The university (then known as Beaver College and located in nearby Jenkintown) purchased the estate in 1929 for $712,500, equal to $12,642,733 today.[3] Classes were split between the two locations until 1962, when the school moved all of its operations to the Glenside area. The castle was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985 for its architecture.