Cobble Court is a historic house originally commissioned by the distiller
J. Hazeltine Carstairs, who owned 50 acres from Marple Rd. to Ardmore Ave. Originally named Spring Hill Farms, the house was built alongside the first hole of the Merion Golf Club west course in 1924. Sold to
Henry Bryer, the owner of
Bryers, a prominent ice cream manufacturer, who installed the cobblestone courtyard, and changed the name to "Cobble Court." In 1963 the Breyers estate was subdivided and the main house sold to
Stuart Saunders of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The property was in 1973 purchased from Stuart Saunders by
Marian
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The house is on the local survey of historic buildings.
["Owner of Haverford historic home wants off of historic survey," Louis Puglionesi, News of Delaware County, July 3, 2013. http://www.delconewsnetwork.com/newsofdelawarecounty/news/owner-of-haverford-historic-home-wants-off-of-historic-survey/article_ecf1f508-90a0-5e2b-9753-dc94f5a494c2.html] The home was designed by
John Russell Pope
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, an architect who is also credited with designing the
Jefferson Memorial
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and the
National Gallery of Art
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.
See also
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References
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External links
* http://haverford.pastperfectonline.com/photo/5458E69D-521D-460F-A46A-783869406439
Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form see p. 7
Historic Resources Survey Haverford Township, Delaware County, PA. Delaware County Planning Commission, 1994.
National Register of Historic Places in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Houses in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania