8835 Germantown Avenue

 

           

(photographs from Chestnut Hill Historical Society-John Naylor Collection: 1970.64 & 1970.65)

 

             

(photographs from Chestnut Hill Historical Society-John Naylor Collection: 1970.134, 1970.135, & 1970.136)

 

MAP NUMBER: 40
DATE:  1852-1860
ORIGINAL OWNER: Unknown
ARCHITECT: Unknown
CONTRACTOR: Unknown
DEMOLISHED:  1980

The trustees of the Chestnut Hill Hospital bought "Norrington," the Norris Estate, in
1907 to converted it into a hospital.  Brockie & Hastings, architects, designed the
renovations and Thomas F. Dixon was hired as the general contractor.  In 1907,
the hospital had a 27 bed capacity.  In 1922, the neighbors contributed to help build
a new main building on six acres adjoining "Norrington," given by Henry Laughlin. 
The house was demolished in 1980 to make way for a modern hospital building.

See "Chestnut Hill Hospital 100 Years Celebrating Community Care 1904- 2004."