Stotesbury Club House is a historic

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house located at Wyndmoor in Springfield Township,

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. It was built between 1904 and 1908, for

Edward T. Stotesbury Edward Townsend "Ned" Stotesbury (February 26, 1849 – May 16, 1938) was a prominent investment banker, a partner in Philadelphia's Drexel & Co. and its New York affiliate J. P. Morgan & Co. for over fifty-five years. He was involved in ...

(1849-1938) as an equestrian center building. An addition was completed in 1927. It is a 1 1/2-story, "L"-shaped frame building in the

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style. It has a gable roof and a shingled gable dormer. The front facade features an open porch supported by three

Doric order The Doric order was one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. The Doric is most easily recognized by the simple circular capitals at the top of col ...

columns and the rear has a raised flat-stone patio. Stotesbury sold the house in 1924. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

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in 1985.

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Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Buildings and structures completed in 1908 Buildings and structures in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 1908 establishments in Pennsylvania {{MontgomeryCountyPA-NRHP-stub