Lost and Found
Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 25, 2013 in | Comments Off on Lost and Found Lost For their country estates, many affluent Americans favored the Italianate style, which became especially popular for suburban mansions by the mid-nineteenth century. Noted Philadelphia architect John Notman (1810-1865) designed Alverthorpe in Abington Township, Montgomery County, for Joshua Francis Fisher. One of the most distinctive features of the mansion, erected in 1850, was its...read more