Lynnewood Hall Mansion Elkins Park, PA. FOR SALE, Rotting Away.

[@kenwales9276]

My Dad was a student here when it was Faith Theological Seminary in the 1950s & 1960s. I can remember wandering around inside the vast hallways and rooms, it was gorgeous. I've seen other recent videos where it is in tatters compared to the beauty I remember.

[@tedtenpadrones1831]

That's Awesome!! You got to see it when it was still beautiful.

[@gregj831]

Seems so bizarre that it would be made into a Seminary!

[@Gik-zi2jb]

Wow

[@davidhennen7045]

They destroyed it by selling off pieces. I hate when religious fanatic's take over a historical building. I hope your dad is cured now.😕

[@Djtiger8090]

Such a shame, how these beautiful buildings get left, to just rot.

[@jeremymoorer7033]

Death has no mercy

[@tebelshaw9486]

I was inside this property back in the 90's when a presbtery in PA/NJ owned it and rented out the chapel to a Korean group to hold services. The owner had already striped and sold off large portions of the interior. Absolutely criminal.

[@tedtenpadrones1831]

I've lived near this place for the past 40 yrs. & never new it was there. It bothers the hell out of me knowing it's falling apart. Shame.

[@robertdesantis6205]

@@tedtenpadrones1831 I hear the city plans to refurbish. I wish them well. It will no doubt go over budget and time .

[@StyleRecordGroupcom]

Wonderful place, make a great hotel

[@Barbaric_Iron]

Extraordinary scenery and flight at a peaceful moment...Thanks for The share!!!!

[@tedtenpadrones1831]

Thank You Home Drone.

[@foxigibbs]

I want it, to own something so beautiful and to have the opportunity to bring it back to life would be such and amazing experience🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@tedtenpadrones1831]

That would be AWESOME!!!!!

[@iversonmatthew]

Nice drone work! :) Interesting place! I'd love to see it in person some day.

[@tedtenpadrones1831]

Thank You Matthew, sorry for the late reply.

[@ArmellaHCohen]

There is such loneliness in this house, but it's the best video of mansions thus far. Thank you for sharing.

[@tedtenpadrones1831]

Thank You Armella.

[@wesleycross5604]

By the way, this is probably the best and shortest drone footage of lynwood hall I've ever come across. Brilliant! :-)

[@tedtenpadrones1831]

Thank You. And on Zillow it says it's "Off the Market". The last Realtor to look at it said, Renovations would take over $50 million.

[@wesleycross5604]

@@tedtenpadrones1831 Thanks for the feedback.

[@CezarsDroningTime]

Awesome cinematic video, great location and very good editing. Dropped you a big thumbs up 👍 Well done.

[@tedtenpadrones1831]

Thank You Cezar's Droning, Sorry for the late reply.

[@lindanorris3226]

💫🎀 ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS BEAUTIFUL PLACE 💫🎀 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING US 💖💫🎀

[@Wanamaker1946]

Anyone is welcome to restore these wrought iron gates by simply bringing a large painters tarp to work on and a couple guys and gals and a gallon of furniture beeswax and several sizes of stiff bristle brushes to stab the wax into all crevices of the iron work. Wax is safe and isn’t a paint. Painting is a no-no as it isn’t your property. I would first use the roughest steel wool and a wire crush to remove all the rusting. Another option would be motor oil thinned down with 50% turpentine and then applied with an (industrial)sprayer…like an Ironing sprayer used by the maid. I find them quite versatile. Just don’t get the oil on the Indiana Limestone gate posts. This task needs doing on the whole perimeter, but you could gage one’s timing on how long it would take you and friends to complete the gate. Sooner than later, these gates will rust away rendering them useless. Iron should never be painted. It looks good, but water gets behind the paint and rusts away behind the paint and doesn’t let the water out. Oiling the iron is done every year in the old days. A proud Gate Keeper would’ve had his gates looking like looking honed and rubbed creating a furniture finish. Gates are a statement after all, Liken to a nice pair of polished wingtips. Also: I anyone trespasses into house as many of these video’s show. Bring with you a Dustpan & Brush, hefty bags and a broom, and clean up as you go. Winded the windows. Show that you really do care. This looks good to prospective buyer, and the Bank. Clean and polish a section of that Entree way marble floor. Go and be good Stewards.

[@blancamiranda7424]

Can't even imagine living there 🏤

[@jcarm185]

This is my dream project; one day I hope to have enough to purchase this property and fully restore it to its rightful grandeur.

[@thomasdonaldson5099]

So very heartbreaking what a Glorious Manor from the oast, please dear Lord save this lovley Manor of the past.

[@jcarm185]

If GOD ever grants me the money - I WILL DO IT! I will restore this Estate to its former glory!

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Great video and footage very nice indeed beautiful looking place 🇬🇧

[@tedtenpadrones1831]

Thank You RODPIKER DRONES UK

[@SoCalDrone4u]

This was very cool. Thanks for sharing! 👍

[@tedtenpadrones1831]

Thank You SoCal Drone. Sorry for the late reply.

[@po5368]

It is beautiful. Architecture to be proud off. And what has been done to it at the hands of certain previous owners is borderline cannibalism. The beautiful gardens or now a collection of runaway shrubbery. The insides..... most rooms have been stripped of there moldings. In those rooms, you look straight at the outer wall and the frame with pipes and wiring. Certain parts of the building have fallen victim to intense water damage due to the poor condition of the roof. The only reason this building stands today and has not collapsed is that the structure is made of stone and brick and steel supported concrete floors. So it can be saved, by someone willing to put the time and especially also the money into it.

[@barbarasingh8708]

BEAUTIFUL, IT HURTS TO SEE IT IS GETTING DOWN EVERYDAY ,OH IT IS IN AMERICA MY GOD

[@massabielle2821]

Oh my......to have the money to restore this grand lady to her exquisite beauty! The stories that the walls could tell: the grand parties, the refined gentlemen and elegant ladies that passed through the rooms! Such a tragic shame for such a home built in true dynasty fashion.......should be made a landmark.

[@cnyphotovideo]

Wow! Absolutely beautiful building. It would be a shame if that is allowed to rot away.

[@tedtenpadrones1831]

Hey Mike. It is a shame. The inside is Horrible but Beautiful.

[@kawanbrownlee9724]

@@tedtenpadrones1831 some if the inside looks nice

[@russvoight1167]

Besides the money factor, how do you replicate the lost crafts of years ago?

[@FlyNatural]

Awwwh poor place they could really do some great things with this place with a few restorations

[@tedtenpadrones1831]

From the pictures i've seen the inside is a wreck. Thank You my friend. Sorry for the delay.

[@mahdiabdurahman7257]

This one mansion no one will buy except for hotels because you can enlarge it and still amazing

[@roatanweather]

The story behind the house can be found in Peter A.B. Widener II's autobiography "Without Drums." www.amazon.com/dp/B08924HWV8/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=without+drums+by+widener&qid=1590426313&sr=8-1 His grandfather Peter A.B. Widener built the house. He made his early money provisioning Union Troops in the Civil War, then invested the proceeds in urban electric rail, and invested that profit in U.S. Steel.

[@camrowdrone6497]

Beautiful , what a waste,great footage 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@tedtenpadrones1831]

Thank You Cam row Drone, It is a waste.

[@rleppen5833]

The last legacy of the sinking of the Titanic!

[@y.t.a180]

Old ghosts. Symbols. Then I heard it was seminary at one point!! Scary. N shows how wealthy v Vatican was. Great video work BTW! Was there ever a dig carried out here??

[@ajadrew]

I thought this was in England to begin with - stunning Hall!

[@ThePr8head]

I could buy the little red shed out by the fence lol

[@tedtenpadrones1831]

I couldn't even afford that.

[@iSpike]

One word "F A N T A S T I C"

[@tedtenpadrones1831]

Thank You iSpike.

[@joannejordan8684]

What’s the building just down the road that looks like it’s all part of the same property?

[@tedtenpadrones1831]

I believe it's the caretakers house. I forgot to film it.

[@warningsigns4526]

so who was given the loot to steal the joint?

[@sallymorris757]

Id like to speak with the guy who owns this place if i could plz or give me his personal info so i could get in touch with him plz thanks

[@shirleybalinski4535]

Truly heartbreaking to see it rotting away. An exceptional real estate firm should be able to broker a deal if it even had to go to a foreign buyer!! With all the money in this country, you would think a wealthy person would step foreward with a offer. Even if restoration was done in increments, it would be worth it. Look at Newport & The Vanderbilt estate.

[@tedtenpadrones1831]

I have a feeling they are going to do the same thing they did to Whitemarsh Hall. It's a shame!!!

[@ThePhillyCaptain]

I like the 360 spin. This is amazing Ted. How secure is it?

[@tedtenpadrones1831]

Hey John, You can walk around it, but it's fenced in. There is a caretaker. I think they keep people off the grounds because of Insurance Reasons. Can't hurt to ask.

[@AdrianaGarcia-rn1om]

This property is excellent for a hotel or government building. Also for a hospital. Should show the interior spaces ?

[@tedtenpadrones1831]

That would be awesome. But i believe the inside is trashed.

[@AdrianaGarcia-rn1om]

@@tedtenpadrones1831 Shattered and rotten

[@rainbocatz6376]

And, if this is the house I remember, lots of graffiti....and everything of value stripped out.....

[@ninneadeanna]

Best way to save Apartments, England style, maybe just 3 or 4 family , home size Apartments Conversation to som modern but kerping lots of the past

[@helenboula3538]

I love it if I had the money you bet I'd buy it but it ain't going to happen.

[@venitaalbertson4633]

How much is this place anyway

[@tedtenpadrones1831]

I don't know if it's even For Sale anymore. in 2017 they were asking $17 million. it's a shame.

[@scottmason1012]

does anybody know if this house is accessible from the street? Like to drive up to?

[@tedtenpadrones1831]

Hey Scott you can drive up to the front Gate. Or Across the street form the Post Office. Other wise it is closed to the Public.

[@AyTimetraveler]

Yes.

[@leemedlin3100]

I wrote the Philadelphia Historic Society about Lynnewood Hall, back during the summer of 2019, and they are currently looking into re-purposing the place. Apparently so many people have sent letters and emails showing concern that they're now getting involved. Good news for the estate.

[@tedtenpadrones1831]

@Ike Dyson That's not a bad idea, LOL @Ike Dyson

[@rainbocatz6376]

I only need $10,990 more dollars. Shucks....but - I don't like living in snow....so, there's that!

[@lisaevans1815]

Sad! Townships fault. Taxes are ridiculous!!! It needs to be put under preservation, and taxes exempted…. Or a Minimum tax! Township should be ashamed of them selves!!!!!

[@sylviemetal1858]

belle demeure

[@wesleycross5604]

Cursed it is, but any curse, whatever the magnitutude, can be reversed and turned into a blessing! Can someone post details of the seller or agent please?

[@eightycubicft]

Is it for sale?

[@tedtenpadrones1831]

I believe it still is.

[@barbarasingh8708]

MAYBE THIS COSTS MANY MILLIONS IF THEY SELL IT, TO RENOVATE WILL COSTS TOO A LOT

[@patriciadautry6721]

Disgusting when so many people are Homeless.

[@jeremymoorer7033]

Did someone buy it

[@Modeltnick]

Someone should buy it and turn it into a hotel or convention center. Even a private school.

[@zoranmihajlovic7046]

Why would anyone. Want to live in this home to large

[@Engelhafen]

It would be nice to restore this house and estate. Ipimsay kidk the Koreans out and charge them with vandalism and restore it.

[@rainbocatz6376]

So, after letting it rot for decades, they finally decide to sell it........sad......

[@barryjacobs8524]

Money that’s all you need. Such a shame.

[@veronicaroach3667]

As with so many others - this house is just way too big for any one human to live in - needs to be made into apartments so that at least the walls have some purpose. This is the nonsense of the huge wealth of the gilded age, when those wealthy folks built these places to impress. Some of them were reasonably sized & some just too gorgeous to allow to fall apart, but they can't all be saved as museums. This one does not look to me as anything particularly worth saving especially if it's insides have been ripped out anyway. Very sad, but it's obvious the price of salvaging it for something is likely not attractive to anybody - hence it just sits there unloved !

[@eliashernandez6527]

Im going to buy it open up a hotel on the other section of the house messuage rooms and at the basement open up a chinese restaurant and most definitely open up the pools 4 anybody to visit and have a swim. back yard will ill be renovateing a zoo add a carnival in the park amusement park and add lost morE and dont forget ima put up concrete walls 4 graffiti writers to write and tag there namE

[@FrankQ777]

Trump 2024

[@sheenapmoffett3919]

55brs. To much

[@sallymorris757]

Nobody will buy this place for 20mil

[@sallymorris757]

My dream home u know id turn it into a guilded hotel that does wedding venues and add a winery if possiable or lavishflower gardens and sitting areas over looking the estate and id put in a way way better security cameras plus way more does alrdy protectioned trained maybe one set of group of protectioned trained dogs during the day to roam the whole yards or one group in the front and one in the back and switch them to opposite yards at sun down. Security camers with a security guard checking the premitor of the place 3 to 6 times daily also and get that basement all cleaned out and delt with cause its a total complete mess get a plummer or a pool guy that knows his ponds and pipes and a underground power plant water system like that in there to fix it all its probably going to need all new copper pipeing copper wiring for all electrical and if not privately sold those two are pretty much mannatory that has to be put in and it needs a termite inspection which it needs to be tented also and get some elevator repair guy out to fix that elevator

[@BalletBabyBoy]

This inside must be magnificent or at least it might have been. Probably ruined by a greedy owner tearing it apart for money

[@tedtenpadrones1831]

The inside is ruined. It's a shame.