500 West Chestnut Hill Avenue
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(photographs from Chestnut Hill Historical Society-John Naylor Collection: 1970.122, & 1970.147)
MAP NUMBER: 75
DATE: Unknown
ORIGINAL OWNER: Joseph Middleton
ARCHITECT: George T. Pearson
CONTRACTOR: Unknown
DEMOLISHED: 1941
In 1909, "Norwood Hall," which was a
25-room mansion on an
18-acre estate, was purchased for $175,000 by Jacob Disston,
one of the heirs to the Henry Disston & Sons saw-manufacturing
fortune. After that, the Gothic structure was also known as "Disston's
Castle."
See Hotchkin, "Germantown, Mount Airy, and Chestnut Hill," pp. 458-462.
See Keels and Jarvis,"Chestnut Hill," pps. 56 and 62.
18-acre estate, was purchased for $175,000 by Jacob Disston,
one of the heirs to the Henry Disston & Sons saw-manufacturing
fortune. After that, the Gothic structure was also known as "Disston's
Castle."
See Hotchkin, "Germantown, Mount Airy, and Chestnut Hill," pp. 458-462.
See Keels and Jarvis,"Chestnut Hill," pps. 56 and 62.