Crum Ruins at Oak Knoll || Jane Seibert Photography
🚩 Location: Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA
These abandoned Italian water gardens are all that’s left of a once grand 1892 estate, Lytlecote. In 1927, the property was bought and renamed to Oak Knoll. Here the gardens were constructed and a greenhouse on the property housed over 100,000 orchids. The demise of this property came with the construction of the nearby highway (Route 476), which forced the owners to move and sell of their land to suburban homes. The original house was destroyed with the construction of the highway too. Now, it is owned by Swarthmore College and is a paved trail through the woods.
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