Wynnestay or Wynnstay is a historic house, one of the oldest extant houses in

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

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. The two-and-a-half-story house was first built in 1689 as the residence of Dr.

Thomas Wynne Thomas Wynne (July 20, 1627 – January 16, 1692) was personal physician of William Penn and one of the original settlers of Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania. Born in Ysceifiog, Wales, where his family dated back seventeen generat ...

, Pennsylvania founder

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's personal physician and first Speaker of the

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. The land surrounding Wynnestay was developed starting about 1895 with the encouragement of Pennsylvania Railroad President

George B. Roberts George Brooke Roberts (January 15, 1833 – January 30, 1897) was a civil engineer and the fifth president of the Pennsylvania Railroad (1880–96). Early life and education Roberts was born at his family's farm in the Pencoyd region of Bala ...

, and the building of the nearby Wynnefield Station. The house was extensively renovated in 1904, with the addition of a large ell designed by Walter Smedley. The home was added to the

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in 2008. The home is available for touring by appointment only.

References

External links

Official web site
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