Friday, March 1, 2013

'Walmarthon'

 'Walmarthon', the Charles S. Walton estate designed by D. Knickerbacker Boyd c. 1913 in St. Davids, Pennsylvania.  Walton was involved with his father-in-law in England, Walton & Co., leather manufacturers.  Click HERE for more on 'Walmarthon'.  Click HERE to see the house, which is now part of Eastern University, on bing and HERE on google earth.










Photos from Architectural Record, 1915.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

All I saw was "walmart" and "marathon". Kidding but a very eclectic and forced picturesque house. Not a fan.

Anonymous said...

As the wife said to her husband ~ "I'm heading to Walmart, hon." :-)

The Down East Dilettante said...

Prescient

Anonymous said...

From the first photo I imagined it overlooking a large rural lake, however when viewed on Bing, it is in fact overlooking a large puddle. Strangely spooky, rustic, rambling heavy and odd. RT

Old Grey Dog said...

Charming !!! Right out of a Storybook !!!

Sheila Roberts said...

My grandmother, Bertha Spencer, worked as a nanny at Walmarthon. She took care of Charles S. Walton's children during World War I. I have many beautiful photos of the estate. Sheila Roberts, sroberts101a@yahoo.com