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Originally built in the early 1900's to enjoy music, this home exudes a fairy-tale ambiance with gorgeous stone facade, Juliet balcony, entrance foyer to a stunning great room with massive floor to ceiling stone fireplace, beautiful wooden window seats with inlay tile, cathedral ceilings with hand-hewn beams and sleeping loft overlooking the great room. Enter from parking area through over sized period door to an unfinished lower, windowed level. A combination of the architect's plans included in the sale, and your imagination, will pair these irreplaceable architectural features with the personal embellishments that will create your dream home. Bryn Athyn, a tiny Montgomery County jewel just outside Philadelphia is a suburban oasis. Bethayres train station, a mile from home, has you in Center City Philadelphia in 30 minutes. Architects plans can be sent upon request.
More info from comments on another house blog, Old House Dreams:
The original owners were the Branin family who owned the property for decades before and after 1900. The father Mark Branin (1811-1900) was a butcher, and his son M. Newton Branin (1869-1934), who owned the property later, ran a small grocery store. They weren’t wealthy, or particularly religious from what I can tell, and had no connection with the Pitcairns or their Swedenborgian church that founded Bryn Athyn and owned most of it.
The listing suggests the building was built as a music hall, but it looks more like some sort of meeting hall to me. My guess, and that’s all it is, is that the younger Branin built it for the Odd Fellows, since he was an active member in that organization. There is some reference to their Eagle Lodge and maybe this was it. Branin had some extra money and donated land for the first firehouse in the village in 1908.
771 Fetters Mill Rd, Bryn Athyn, PA 19009
3 beds | 1.5 baths | 3024 sqft | .53 acres
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