In 1897, Peter Widener built a mansion near Philadelphia with 32 bedrooms and 28 bathrooms. Some of Lynnewood Hall's intended residents tragically perished aboard the Titanic. The mansion housed ...
In 1940, P.A.B. Widener II opined that “the days of America’s privately owned treasure houses are over.” Writing in his autobiography, Without drums, Widener referred to his own family’s 110-room ...