Radnor -- Montrose

Object Details

Former Title: Montrose
General: Under the ownership of Mr. and Mrs. John Townsend, the property covered about 36 acres. It was planned and planted by Oglesby Paul in 1915. The property was sold in 1977 to Sun Co. for use as a management training center for the company and its subsidiaries. Additional buildings were erected on the site. In 1998, Villanova University bought the site and renamed it The Villanova Conference Center.; Persons and organizations associated with the garden include: Mr. and Mrs. John Barnes Townsend (former owners, 1914-?); Oglesby Paul (landscape architect); Wilson Eyre (architect); Sun Company (former owner, 1977-1998); and Villanova University (owner, 1998-present).

Place: Montrose (Radnor, Pennsylvania); United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County -- Radnor

See more items in: Lewis & Valentine company records; Lewis & Valentine company records / Garden Images / United States of America / Pennsylvania

Collection Citation: Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Lewis & Valentine Company Records.

Collection Rights: Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Bibliography: Garden featured in Louise Bush-Brown and James Bush-Brown, Portraits of Philadelphia Gardens (Philadelphia: Dorrance and Company, 1929) pp. 115-117. Garden featured in AIA/T-Square Yearbook (1915), p. 181 . Garden featured in James Boyd, ed., Dorothy Mallet-Prevost Cloud, in A History of The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (Philadelphia: The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, 1929) pp. 447-448.

Existence and Location of Originals: The original glass lantern image of PA048001 is located at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia, PA.

Scope and Contents: The folders include work sheets and copies of articles. Three 35 mm. slides are not catalogued.

Collection Restrictions: Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Related Materials: The Villanova Conference Center related holdings consist of 3 folders (4 35 mm. slides and 5 photoprints); Additional images located in Wilson Eyre Collection, Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania.
See others in: J. Horace McFarland Collection, 1900-1961. Garden Club of America Collection, ca. 1920-[ongoing].