500 West Moreland Avenue

 

(photograph from Chestnut Hill Historical Society-John Naylor Collection: 1970.119)

 

MAP NUMBER: 50
DATE: 1899-1900
ORIGINAL OWNER: Walter L. Ross
ARCHITECT: Peabody & Sterns
CONTRACTOR: William Patterson

Known as "Oakley," this Tudor-style stone dwelling was designed
 by Peabody & Stearns, one of New England’s most prominent
architectural firms at the turn of the century.  Peabody & Stearns
had very few commissions in Philadelphia, and only one other in
Chestnut Hill, “Krisheim” on McCallum Street, the home of Dr.
George and Getrude Woodward.  This was the residence of
Frederick Strawbridge , who moved in 1937 from his residence,
"Torworth," at School House Lane and Wissahickon Avenue, now the
site of Alden Park Manor.