Glenhill Farm : : The History of a Family Estate, as Revealed in the Correspondence Between Brognard Okie and Ernst and Mary Behrend / / Richard L. Hart.
By 1930, having developed a highly successful business, the innovative paper manufacturer Ernst Behrend and his wife Mary purchased a number of existing houses and farms to give them sufficient acreage to create a large estate. In 1948 this property became a campus of Penn State University. Known as...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (148 p.) :; 35 color/31 b&w illustrations/1 map |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. First Correspondence: Hiring an Architect
- 2. Architect and Client: Making Plans and Decisions
- 3. Building the Residence
- 4. Construction of the Outbuildings and Chapel
- 5. The Economics of Glenhill Farm
- 6. Life at Glenhill in the 1930s
- 7. The Late Correspondence
- 8. A New Beginning and Lasting Legacy
- Bibliography
- Photo and Illustration Credits
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author