Creator |
Aero Service Corporation, photographer. |
Title |
Bynden Wood mansion/resort, South Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. [graphic]. |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1929 |
Date |
1929 |
Physical Description |
2 photographs : glass plate negatives; 21 x 25 cm (8 x 10 in.) |
Description |
Aerial views of Bynden Wood on Cushion Peak Road in South Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, near Wernersville.
Ownership of the mansion changed several times after its construction ca. 1888-1889 and it became alternately a private summer
home, sanitorium and resort. It was demolished in 1954, but the auxilary buildings still exist on what is now the South Mountain
YMCA grounds. View [11177] is northwest to southeast with Cushion Peak road in the center of the photograph. View [11180]
is southwest to northeast, reaching out over 2.5 miles from the aircraft’s position over Cushion Peak Rd. The Jesuit Center
located on the east side of Wernersville is visible in the upper left corner of the photograph. Penn Avenue, the Reading Railroad,
Preston Road and Belle Alto Road are also visible. Virgil Kauffman is believed to be the photographer. Reading Eagle, probably
taken August 22, 1929.
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Notes |
Negative number: 11177; 11180. |
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Record created with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr. |
Subject |
Mansions -- Pennsylvania -- Wernersville. |
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Resorts -- Pennsylvania -- Wernersville. |
Geographic subject |
Bynden Wood (Pa. : Estate) |
|
South Heidelberg (Pa. : Township) |
Genre |
Glass negatives -- 1920-1930. |
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Aerial photographs -- 1920-1930. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Aero Service [P.8990.11177; P.8990.11180] |
Accession number |
P.8990.11177 |
|
P.8990.11180 |