Brooke Mansion (Birdsboro, Pennsylvania)
The Edward Brooke II Mansion (1887–88), also known as "Brookeholm," is a Queen Anne country house at 301 Washington Street in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania.: 284 Designed by architect Frank Furness and completed in 1888, it was Edward Brooke II's wedding present to his bride, Anne Louise Clingan.: 60
| Edward Brooke II Mansion | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Website | |
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Five years later, Edward II himself designed a major addition to the mansion.: 224 Following their parents' deaths, the Brooke children sold the property in the 1940s.: 225 The mansion served as a nursing home for thirty years, and recently as a bed and breakfast.: 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.
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