Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham vicinity, Montgomery County, PA

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59 b&w photos
45 data pages
6 photo caption pages
1 color transparencies

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TITLE:
Graeme Park, 859 County Line Road, Horsham vicinity, Montgomery County, PA

CALL NUMBER:
HABS PA,46-HORM,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 12 (24 x 36 in.)
Photo(s): 59 (5 x 7 and 5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 44 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 6
Color Transparencies: 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.

CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HABS PA-579

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N431).

Building/structure dates: 1755 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1722 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1801 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1958 subsequent work

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000672

Significance: The mansion house at Graeme Park - a rare surviving example of early colonial American architecture - was conceived of as a utilitarian structure on a Governor's plantation, the structure became the Georgian-styled centerpiece of a country retreat and backdrop for an intellectual salon that largely concentrated on the development of genteel republican ideologies. Graeme Park, originally called Fountain Low, rose on an improved portion of Lieutenant Governor Sir William Keith's 1,735 acre Pennsylvania plantation. The three-story structure was built in 1722 probably envisioned as a malt-house for the production of alcohol. In 1739, the plantation was purchased by Dr. Thomas Graeme, the son-in-law of Keith, and renovated during his ownership into a high-style Georgian summer dwelling for himself and his family, which in the mid-1760s became their year-round residence...

SUBJECTS:
PENNSYLVANIA--Montgomery County--Horsham vicinity
commercial facilities
dwellings

OTHER TITLE:
Fountain Low
Horsham Plantation

COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.pa0625

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. Northwest front
2. Northwest front, from west
3. Northwest front, detail of window
4. Interior, first floor, northeast room from northeast
5. Interior, third floor, northeast room, detail of fireplace
GENERAL VIEW OF GRAEME PARK LOOKING FROM SOUTHEAST OF THE POND
GENERAL VIEW OF GRAEME PARK LOOKING FROM THE SOUTH (POND IN FOREGROUND)
GENERAL VIEW OF GRAEME PARK LOOKING FROM THE SOUTHEAST
SOUTHEAST (FRONT) ELEVATION, WITH SCALE
CLOSE VIEW OF THE SOUTHEAST ELEVATION TO SHOW DOOR, FLANKING SASH WINDOWS EACH GLAZED WITH NINE-OVER-NINE LIGHTS AND CELLAR ENTRANCE, WITH SCALE
PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE SOUTHEAST ELEVATION LOOKING FROM THE SOUTH TO THE MID-POINT OF THE FACADE
DETAIL VIEW OF THE NORTHEAST GABLE END, NOTE ONE OF THE SECOND-FLOOR WINDOWS HAS BEEN CLOSED UP
NORTHWEST (REAR) ELEVATION, WITH SCALE
NORTHWEST ELEVATION, WITH SCALE
VIEW OF NORTHWEST ELEVATION, WEST END, WITH SCALE
VIEW OF NORTHWEST ELEVATION, EAST END, WITH SCALE
DETAIL VIEW OF NORTHWEST ELEVATION TO SHOW ENTRANCE (BIFOLD DOOR), WITH SCALE
INTERIOR VIEW, GENERAL VIEW ON THE FIRST FLOOR LOOKING FROM EAST SOUTHEAST TO WEST SOUTHWEST WALL, FIREPLACE, AND CLOSET IN OFFICE
INTERIOR VIEW, GENERAL VIEW ON THE FIRST FLOOR LOOKING WEST TO EAST IN THE DINING ROOM, NOTE FIREPLACE AND CLOSET
INTERIOR VIEW, SOUTHEAST (FRONT) DOOR
DETAIL VIEW OF FRONT DOOR TO SHOW BOX LOCK MADE OF WOOD, WITH SCALE
INTERIOR VIEW, SOUTHWEST WALL (DINING ROOM) TO SHOW WINDOWS WITH THE SHUTTERS OPEN, WITH SCALE
INTERIOR VIEW, SIMILAR VIEW OF SOUTHWEST WALL & WINDOWS, EXCEPT SHUTTERS ARE CLOSED, WITH SCALE
INTERIOR VIEW, LOOKING TO BI-FOLD DOOR WITH ITS CROWN GLASS BULL'S EYE TRANSOM, WITH SCALE
INTERIOR VIEW, DETAIL OF TRANSOM TO HIGHLIGHT CROWN GLASS, WITH SCALE
INTERIOR VIEW, LOOKING NORTHWEST THROUGH (OPEN) DOOR, WITH SCALE
INTERIOR VIEW, FIRST FLOOR, LOOKING NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST FROM THE PARLOR TO SHOW STAIR
DETAIL VIEW OF FIRST FLOOR STAIR TO SHOW NEWEL POST AND BALUSTERS, LOOKING FROM THE SOUTHEAST
INTERIOR VIEW, GENERAL VIEW IN PARLOR OF SOUTHWEST FIREPLACE WALL, WITH SCALE
DETAIL VIEW IN THE PARLOR OF THE SOUTHWEST FIREPLACE TO SHOW IRON FIREBACK
INTERIOR VIEW, PERSPECTIVE VIEW IN PARLOR LOOKING TO SOUTH TO SHOW SOUTHEAST WALL
DETAIL VIEW IN PARLOR OF SOUTHEAST WALL TO SHOW INTERIOR SHUTTERS
DETAIL VIEW IN PARLOR OF WEATHERED SHUTTER
INTERIOR VIEW, SECOND FLOOR LOOKING TO NORTHEAST END WALL IN (EAST) BEDROOM; NOTE PANELING
INTERIOR VIEW, SECOND FLOOR BEDROOM LOOKING TO SOUTHWEST PANELED WALL, WITH SCALE
DETAIL VIEW ON SECOND FLOOR IN BEDROOM TO SHOW CORNER OF FIREPLACE AND MANTEL WITH TILE, WITH SCALE
DETAIL VIEW ON SECOND FLOOR IN BEDROOM TO SHOW SOUTHWEST WALL CLOSET WEST OF FIREPLACE, WITH SCALE
INTERIOR VIEW, SECOND FLOOR BEDROOM, ELEVATION OF SOUTHWEST WALL WITH FIREPLACE AND CLOSETS, WITH SCALE
INTERIOR VIEW, DETAIL VIEW ON SECOND FLOOR BEDROOM OF SOUTHEAST WALL TO SHOW RECESSED SASH WINDOW & INTERIOR SHUTTERS, WITH SCALE
DETAIL VIEW OF SHUTTER, NOTE HOLE FOR METAL WINDOW LOCK
INTERIOR VIEW, SECOND FLOOR, CENTER BEDROOM, GENERAL VIEW LOOKING FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST WALL WITH FIREPLACE
INTERIOR VIEW, SECOND FLOOR BEDROOM, PERSPECTIVE VIEW LOOKING FROM THE NORTH CORNER TO THE SOUTH
INTERIOR VIEW, SECOND FLOOR BEDROOM, (VERTICAL) VIEW LOOKING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH
INTERIOR VIEW, SECOND FLOOR LOOKING FROM CENTER BEDROOM INTO STAIR HALL (SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST) TO SHOW CURVILINEAR WALL (TO RIGHT) THAT ACCOMMODATES THE STAIR
INTERIOR VIEW, SECOND FLOOR STAIR HALL, WIDE-ANGLE VIEW LOOKING FROM THE NORTHEAST
INTERIOR VIEW, SECOND FLOOR STAIR HALL, GENERAL VIEW LOOKING FROM THE NORTHEAST
DETAIL VIEW OF THE SECOND FLOOR STAIR TO SHOW NEWEL POST AND BALUSTERS LOOKING FROM THE EAST
INTERIOR VIEW, SECOND FLOOR (WEST) BEDROOM, GENERAL VIEW LOOKING TO FIREPLACE WALL AND DOOR TO STAIR HALL
DETAIL VIEW OF SECOND FLOOR BEDROOM FIREPLACE TO SHOW TILE SURROUND AND 1728 FIREBACK
DETAIL VIEW OF SECOND FLOOR BEDROOM FIREPLACE TO SHOW TILE SURROUND AND FIREBACK, WITH SCALE
INTERIOR VIEW, THIRD FLOOR (EAST) BEDROOM, PERSPECTIVE VIEW LOOKING FROM NORTH CORNER TO SHOW FIREPLACE WALL WITH CLOSET & DOOR TO STAIR HALL
INTERIOR VIEW, THIRD FLOOR BEDROOM, PERSPECTIVE VIEW LOOKING TO THE EAST CORNER
INTERIOR VIEW, CLOSE VIEW OF THIRD FLOOR BEDROOM SASH WINDOW (SHUTTERS OPEN)
INTERIOR VIEW, CLOSE VIEW OF THIRD FLOOR BEDROOM SASH WINDOW, SHUTTERS PARTIALLY CLOSED
INTERIOR VIEW, THIRD FLOOR, VIEW LOOKING THROUGH STAIR HALL (NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST)
INTERIOR VIEW, THIRD FLOOR (MIDDLE) BEDROOM, VIEW LOOKING TO SOUTH CORNER TO SHOW DORMER WINDOW AND CHIMNEYSTACK
INTERIOR VIEW, THIRD FLOOR BEDROOM, SOUTHWEST WALL WITH CHIMNEYSTACK
INTERIOR VIEW, THIRD FLOOR BEDROOM, PERSPECTIVE VIEW LOOKING TO NORTHEAST WALL WITH FIREPLACE
INTERIOR VIEW, THIRD FLOOR (WEST) BEDROOM, VIEW LOOKING SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST INTO STAIR HALL
GENERAL VIEW OF GRAEME PARK LOOKING FROM THE SOUTH (DUPLICATE OF HABS No. PA-579-7)

CONTROL #:
PA0625

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