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Alvethorpe Manor (built 1938) Jenkintown, PA |
Alvethorpe Manor
was once home to Lessing Rosenwald.
the son of the president and chairman
of Sears, Roebuck & Co.
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Windows of Alvethorpe Manor |
Lessing moved to Jenkintown, PA
to open a catalog supply center in Philadelphia
for the company.
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Scultpture Park at Abington Art Center |
Rosenwald donated his home to the local township as a cultural center.
Today it houses The Abington Art Center.
The grounds, open to the public at no charge,
display a changing collection of sculptures.
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Featuring me in Fairy Tales in Reflection: Mirror Mirror by Jeanne Jaffe |
You could spend an hour here wandering the trails
among the sculptures.
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Sea Spider by Karen Kieser |
But I am guessing the best time to come is in fall...
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Wait Upon by Jay Walker |
...when all the leaves are changing.
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The Old Abington Meetinghouse on the grounds. |
I bet it is gorgeous then.
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A Hint of Fall |
Abington Art Center
515 Meetinghouse Road
Jenkintown, PA 19046