Brooklawn (West Marlborough Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania)
Description and history
Brooklawn is a 40.9-acre country estate set amid rolling hills, pastures, and woodlands. A red-brick Federal-style mansion dating to the 1680s is the primary feature of the estate. Philadelphia-based architect Arthur Ingersoll Meigs designed an extension to the mansion in 1931 (hence its NRHP architectural significance) and added a spring house, servants' quarters, and garage. A low stone wall parallels Newark Road.
Brooklawn was the home of U.S. district court judge John Hannum (1915–2007) and his wife, Nancy Penn Smith Hannum (1919–2010), who served as master of foxhounds for Stewart's Cheshire Hunt for decades and was a prominent Chester County conservationist. The estate had been home to Nancy Hannum since her stepfather, investment banker W. Plunket Stewart, purchased the estate in the early 1900s.
Equestrian scenes in the 1964 Alfred Hitchcock film Marnie were filmed at Brooklawn.
References
- ^ "National Register Database and Research". National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
- ^ Conway, Terry (2010-08-02). "The Conscience Of The Countryside - Remembering Mrs. Hannum". The Hunt Magazine. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
- ^ Splain, Shelby Weaver (2022-07-20). "Just Listed! January - June 2022". Pennsylvania Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
- ^ "Great lady of Chester County, Nancy Hannum, dies at 90". Delco Times. 2010-04-01. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
- ^ Osborn, Prue Draper (2012). "History". Cheshire Hunt Conservancy. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
- ^ Netzler, Kat (2007-10-04). "Listening In With A Living Legend: Nancy Penn Smith Hannum". The Chronicle of the Horse. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
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