Grey Towers Castle

Glenside, United States of America

The Grey Towers Castle is a building on the campus of Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania, which is located in Cheltenham Township, a suburb of Philadelphia, United States. The mansion was designed by Horace Trumbauer and built starting in 1893 on the estate of William Welsh Harrison. The u

niversity (then known as Beaver College and located in nearby Jenkintown) purchased the estate in 1929 for $712,500, equal to $13,359,375 today. Classes were split between the two locations until 1962, when the school moved all of its operations to the Glenside area. The mansion was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985 for its architecture.

Listen to the audio guide for Grey Towers Castle Free on WIP — starts by itself when you arrive, even with the screen off

Nearby

Arcadia University university · 0.2 km away
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery cemetery · 0.7 km away
Curtis Arboretum monumenti · 1 km away
Temple Stadium stadium · 2 km away
Ivy Hill Cemetery cemetery · 2 km away
Keswick Theater monumenti · 2 km away
Lynnewood Hall art_museum · 3 km away
Salus University university · 3 km away