Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Whitemarsh Hall - Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, USA

America's Vanished Versailles



"Built by Beaux-Arts architect Horace Trumbauer between 1916 and 1921, the neo-Georgian mansion consisted of 6 stories (3 of which were partly or fully underground), 147 rooms, 45 bathrooms, 100,000 square feet (9,300 m2), and specialty rooms including a ballroom, gymnasium, movie theatre, and even a refrigerating plant."

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