Item Info
Item No: pdcm00407b
Title: Montgomery Avenue - Villanova, PA
Additional Title: Clothier House
Creation Date:
4/29/1949
Historic Street Address: 1860 Montgomery Avenue, Villanova, PA
Media Type: Photographic Negatives
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
Image created for W. D. Shepherd.
Also known as Clairemont, this 161-acre estate was developed in 1917 for department store owner Morris L. Clothier. This 1949 image shows landscaping around one of the various outbuildings on the property. During the 1950s, the property was subdivided and rezoned for institutional use. In 1959 it became the site of the Northeastern Christian Junior College. Currently, it houses the Foundation for Islamic Education.
Located at: 1860 Montgomery Ave - Villanova, PA
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.338092
Geocode Latitude:40.048259
Creator Name: Parker & Mullikin - Photographer
Trumbauer, Horace, 1868-1938 - Architect