Camp-Woods

Camp-Woods
Camp-Woods, December 2012
Location 745 Newtown Rd., Villanova, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°1′15″N 75°21′46″W / 40.02083°N 75.36278°WCoordinates: 40°1′15″N 75°21′46″W / 40.02083°N 75.36278°W
Area 4.2 acres (1.7 ha)
Built 1910-1912
Architect John S. Cornell & Sons; Howard Van Doren Shaw
Architectural style Italianate, Georgian
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 83002239[1]
Added to NRHP September 1, 1983

Camp-Woods, also known as Collenbrook, is a historic home and associated buildings located at Villanova, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The house, built between 1910 and 1912, is a two-story, brick and limestone, "F"-shaped house in an Italianate-Georgian style. It measures 160 feet in length and 32 feet deep at the "waist." It has a slate roof, Doric order limestone cornice, open loggia porches, and a covered entrance porch supported by Doric order columns. The house was designed by noted architect Howard Van Doren Shaw (1869-1926). The property includes formal gardens.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Martin Avery Snyder (April 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Camp-Woods" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-11.