Melmar Related Mansions

The prominent families that are connected to Melmar owned many other estates throughout the United States some of which are listed below

Other Melmar Related Mansions: Wharton Mansions

Joseph Wharton’s Ontalauna Estate (1881-1925)

Joseph Wharton purchased a sixty-three acre estate in the Branchtown section of Philadelphia, on Old York Road. Initially used as a summer home, he eventually built a French Second Empire-style mansion on the property which they named Ontalauna – which the family moved into in 1881. Joseph Wharton died at Ontalauna on January 11, 1909.

Joseph Wharton House (1881-1925)

Wharton’s Walnut Grove Estate (1881-1925)

Joseph Wharton's (1707-1776) country home "Walnut Grove" was near the Delaware River below Philadelphia, located at what is today Fifth Street and Washington Avenue. This house was the scene of the famous 'Meschianza,' a grand fête given during the Revolution (May, 1778) by the British officers in honor of their General, Lord Howe. The house was demolished in 1862, replaced by the "Wharton School House".

Wharton’s 336 Spruce St (1881-1925)

Joseph Batso Estate (1881-1925)

Joseph Wharton’s Marbella Estate (1881-1925)

Joseph Wharton’s Beavertail Farm (1881-1925)

Fischer’s The Cliffs (1881-1925)

Wharton’s Bellvue Estate (1881-1925)

Other Melmar Related Mansions: Lippincott Mansions

The Dundas-Lippincott Mansion aka "Yellow Mansion" c1839-1905

Northeast corner of Broad and Walnut streets, Philadelphia]
Built in 1839 for banker James Dundas, the mansion, also called the “Yellow Mansion,” passed to Dundas' niece, Agnes Dundas-Lippincott, upon his death in 1865, and stayed in the family until razed around 1905

Other Melmar Related Mansions: Biddle Mansions

The Dundas-Lippincott Mansion aka "Yellow Mansion" c1839-1905

Northeast corner of Broad and Walnut streets, Philadelphia]
Built in 1839 for banker James Dundas, the mansion, also called the “Yellow Mansion,” passed to Dundas' niece, Agnes Dundas-Lippincott, upon his death in 1865, and stayed in the family until razed around 1905

Other Melmar Related Mansions: Extended Family Mansions

Whitemarsh Hall Edward T Stotesbury

1801 Walnut St. Mansion, Philadelphia - Alexander Van Rensselaer

This Urban Outfitters, now Anthropolgie, store is on the market for $35 million. Today's Philadelphia Inquirer outlines its interesting history: The Fell-Van Renssalaer House was commissioned to be built in 1897 by Sarah Drexel Fell, widow of a Philadelphia coal magnate. ... Drexel Fell moved in in 1898 with her new husband, Alexander Van Rensselaer. ... Peabody & Stearns, of Boston, designed the Beaux Arts-style house. ... It has an original Tiffany & Co. stained glass dome and a ceiling with a cluster of portraits of Italian princes encircled in gold frames - both among the notable elements that have outlived several ownership changes. Phila. Inquirer, 1/7/14, at 10, 12.

DuPont family in Delaware, such as Winterthur (1837–39, additions 1902, and 1928–32) and Nemours (1909–10).

Point Breeze, the Estate of Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte at Bordentown, New Jersey c1817

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES

Duke Homestead in North Carolina

1924 that James B. Duke signed the indenture for the endowment, handing over $40,000,000 to its trustees. With the endowment, Trinity College became Duke University

Point Breeze Joseph Bonaparte

Dupont Branch (Winterthur)

Pierre du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) (p1)

Eleuthere Irenee du Pont (1771-1834) Founder of DuPont
m Sophie (Dalmas) du Pont (1775-1828)
- Evelina (du Pont) Bidermann (1796-1863) of "Winterthur" (Original owners)
- m Jacques-Antoine Bidermann (1790-1865)
- Gen. Henry du Pont (1812-1889) of "Winterthur"
- m Louisa (Gerhard) du Pont (1816-1900)
  - Henry Algernon du Pont (1838-1926)
    - Henry Francis du Pont (1880-1969) of "Chestertown House" and "Winterthur"
      - "Winterthur" (pronounced "winter-tour") for the Swiss town near Zürich of Bidermann's ancestors was originally a 12-room mansion built in in 1839 by Evelina Dupont and Jacques Bidermann after they bought out her siblings portion of their parents estate
      - In 1865, the estate was inherited by their son, James Irénée Bidermann (1817-1890). But, just two years later he sold it to his uncle, Major-General Henry du Pont (1812-1889), who purchased it for his as yet unmarried son (James' first cousin), Senator Henry Algernon du Pont.
      - In 1874, H.A. du Pont married Mary Pauline Foster and in 1876 they moved into Winterthur. On the General's death in 1889 the title deed to the estate passed into the Senator's name and in 1902 he enlarged the house to 30-rooms, adding a new façade and library wing.
      - The Senator's only surviving son, Henry Francis du Pont (1880-1969), was born at Winterthur and adored his childhood home. In 1926 he built Chestertown House as an experimental precursor for his ultimate achievement at Winterthur. From 1928 to 1932, du Pont carried out an extensive building program - to his own designs - that saw Winterthur increase almost sixfold to 175 rooms.
      - Du Pont lived at Winterthur from 1932-1951 with his wife, Ruth Wales (1889-1967), and their two daughters. Having established the non-profit Winterthur Corporation in 1930 as a first step towards creating a public museum, in 1941 he partially opened the house for the first time, though numbers of visitors were limited and they were required to write in advance for tickets. In 1951, the du Ponts moved to a smaller home they built at nearby Clenny Run and Winterthur opened fully as a museum
      - Pierre Samuel du Pont (1870-1954) of "Longwood"

Arbor Hill, 7111 Sheaff Lane, Ft. Washington, Pa. 19034

The $80 million, thirty-seven-thousand-square-foot Alter Mansion (Arbor Hill Estate) designed by Rafael Viñoly (b. 1944) in Whitemarsh Township (1990s), which necessitated destruction of an earlier 1929 Normanesque Revival house

Arbor Hill Up for Auction in Fort Washington

Arbor Hill Estate in Fort Washington Once Priced at $30M Sells to Local Developer for $5.6M