Brooke Mansion (Birdsboro, Pennsylvania)
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The Edward Brooke II Mansion (1887–88), also known as "Brookeholm," is a Queen Anne country house at 301 Washington Street in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania.[1]: 284 Designed by architect Frank Furness and completed in 1888, it was Edward Brooke II's wedding present to his bride, Anne Louise Clingan.[2]: 60
Edward Brooke II Mansion | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | Queen Anne |
Address | 301 Washington Street |
Town or city | Birdsboro, Pennsylvania |
Coordinates | 40°15′38.2″N 75°48′44.7″W |
Construction started | 1887 |
Completed | 1888 |
Renovated | 1893 |
Technical details | |
Material | brownstone block wood shingles |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Frank Furness |
Architecture firm | Furness, Evans & Company |
Main contractor | Levi H. Focht Company |
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Five years later, Edward II himself designed a major addition to the mansion.[3]: 224 Following their parents' deaths, the Brooke children sold the property in the 1940s.[3]: 225 The mansion served as a nursing home for thirty years, and recently as a bed and breakfast.[3]: 225
The property spent fourteen years on and off the real estate market, before being sold at auction on September 29, 2018, for $572,000.[4]