MAIN LINE ESTATE 

PHILADELPHIA \ PENNSYLVANIA

Circular fountain encircled by low planting in a formal garden.

MAIN LINE ESTATE

PHILADELPHIA \ PENNSYLVANIA

The house and estate, formerly known as “Inwood”, is a mansion in the historical region of suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania known as The Main Line. Built in 1921 by the architectural firm of Seeburger & Rabinhold, the property today is comprised of 13 acres. The property is a fine example of an estate that gave the Main Line its distinctive character and reputation; open space and a collection of magnificent trees, but it lacked landscape spaces and gardens for today’s modern outdoor living. The current client and fourth owner of the property successfully completed a sensitive renovation to the house and then engaged the landscape design firm to oversee a new landscape and herald in a new era in the estate’s history.

RECOGNITION

Palladio Award: Exterior Spaces \ 2018

Stanford White Award: Landscape Design \ 2018

Trumbauer Award: Landscape Design \ 2018

COLLABORATORS

Victoria Hagan Interiors

Terren Landscapes

Pinemar Inc.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Neil Landino

Broad submerged pool steps meet lawn and ornamental grasses.
Standing figure sculpture centered on a lawn between rows of clipped trees.
Slender pale purple flower spikes rise above green foliage.
White tubular flowers on branching stems above a clipped green hedge.
Yellow tubular flowers cluster among broad green leaves.
Pale purple flower spikes fill a border beside an old stone wall.
Tall twisting metal sculpture stands in gravel among clipped hedges.
Main Line Estate garden plan showing formal beds around a circular central fountain.
Angular rust-colored figure sculpture stands against clipped green planting.
Colorful sculptural vessels displayed in a gravel garden enclosed by clipped shrubs.
Formal gravel court with a central fountain, low geometric hedges, and clipped trees.
Grass-jointed stone path leads to an ornate doorway in the historic stone house.
Layered shrubs and perennials border an elevated stone terrace beneath mature trees.
Long swimming pool framed by clipped hedges, tall planters, and shaded lounge chairs.

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