Henry W. Breyer Sr. House, also known as Haredith and officially known today as the Cheltenham Township Municipal Building, is a historic home located at

Elkins Park Elkins Park is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is split between Cheltenham and Abington Townships in the northern suburbs outside of Philadelphia, which it borders along Cheltenham Avenue roughly from Ce ...

, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1915, and is a large -story, irregularly shaped stone dwelling in the Colonial Revival style. It features a full-height porch supported by four

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columns. Also on the property is a contributing garage. The house was purchased by

Cheltenham Township Cheltenham Township is a home rule township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. Cheltenham's population density ranges from over 10,000 per square mile (25,900 per square kilometer) in rowhouses and high-rise apartments along Chelte ...

in 1956, and subsequently converted to offices. The house was built by Henry W. Breyer Sr., owner of

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. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

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in 2004. It is located across the street from National Historic Landmark Beth Sholom Synagogue.

Gallery

File:Cheltenhamtwp 14.JPG, The Cheltenham EMS building at the Township Building File:Cheltenhamtwp 17.jpg, Township building dedication plaque File:Cheltenhamtwp 25.JPG, As viewed from the lawn of Beth Sholom Congregation File:Cheltenhamtwp 16.JPG, Back view of the building File:Cheltenhamtwp 09.jpg, Cheltenham Twinning Fingerpost File:Cheltenhamtwp 10.JPG, Close-up of the Twin Towns File:Cheltenhamtwp 04.JPG, Twin Towns memorial plaque

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Colonial Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Houses completed in 1915 Houses in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Elkins Park, Pennsylvania 1915 establishments in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania {{MontgomeryCountyPA-NRHP-stub