Lynnewood Hall, an Elkins Park mansion that made architect Horace Trumbauer famous, has found its savior in the Lynnewood Hall Preservation Foundation, which now owns Peter A.B. Widener’s grand home, writes Sandy Smith for the Philadelphia Magazine.

The 110-room, 100,000-square-foot 1899 mansion is the largest Gilded Age mansion still standing in the Philadelphia region.

The home is now about to become the site of a major restoration and renovation project that will offer opportunities for education as well as community engagement.

“The first use of the house other than getting past stabilization and remediation” of the structure “is going to be education,” said Angie Van Scyoc, chief operations officer of the LHPF.

The foundation wants to use the restoration of the mansion to impart specialized skills to youth and others who are interested in the construction trades.

“From start to finish, it’s our intention to implement programming and training in such a way that we can bring people in to learn the process, be inspired, and want to get into the skilled trades,” said Van Scyoc.

Read more about Lynnewood Hall in the Philadelphia Magazine.

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