8600 Seminole Avenue

 

(photographs from Chestnut Hill Historical Society-John Naylor Collection: 1970.52, and 1970.53)

 

MAP NUMBER: 63
DATE: 1904-1905
ORIGINAL OWNER: Edgar W. Baird
ARCHITECT: Duhring, Okie & Ziegler
CONTRACTOR: William J. Patterson

This Colonial Revival estate was called “Caenawon.” In this
photograph, St.Martins Lane is at a level with the house.  While
today, the road grade is much higher to accommodate the Highland
Avenue bridge over the former Pennsylvania Railroad.  This is
another of the Naylor photographs that shows how open
the landscape was at the turn of the century.