Posts Tagged ‘Philadelphia’
A heartbreaking visit to Lynnewood Hall
A while back I wrote about Lynnewood Hall, a mansion outside Philadelphia designed and built for Peter Widener, American businessman, art collector, and patriarch of the Widener family. Planned after Prior Park in Bath, England, the mansion was said to have cost eight million dollars to build. Widener was the father of George Widener who died…
Read MoreThe Wideners, the Titanic, and Lynnewood Hall
Sheltering Angel, my Titanic story, introduces a cast of people who actually endured or succumbed to the tragedy of April 15, 1912. Among the multimillionaires aboard the ill-fated ship’s maiden voyage were George Widener, his wife Eleanor, and their 27-year-old son Harry. One might consider the Wideners fortunate because of their extreme wealth, but a…
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