Grange Estate

The original tract of land was sold to Lewis by William Penn in 1682. The land was purchased by Captain John Wilcox in 1750, and quickly sold to Charles Cruikshank in 1761. The main house, built in c. 1750 and expanded several times through the 1850s, was, for the most part, built in additions by Cruikshank and his family, who added the various terraces, gardens, and most of the residence facing Cobbs Creek. Cruikshank's son-in-law, John Ross, coined the name 'the Grange' for the property.{{Cite news |date=21 May 1974 |title=Haverford Twp. estate to be sold at auction |language=en |pages=12 |work=Delaware County Daily Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/36700304 |url-access=subscription |access-date=6 Jun 2023}} The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 as The Grange.

The mansion, an example of the Gothic Revival style,{{Cite web |url=http://www.visitpa.com/visitpa/fallDetails.pa?id=63188 |title=Fall in PA: Historic Grange Estate |access-date=2007-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928010342/http://www.visitpa.com/visitpa/fallDetails.pa?id=63188 |archive-date=2007-09-28 |url-status=dead }} is presented in the state it was in at the turn of the 20th century. The grounds also feature Victorian gardens.[http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/pagard/2003063216002570.html What are some Great Gardens to visit in PA?]{{cite web| url = https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| title = National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania| publisher = CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System| format = Searchable database| access-date = 2012-01-06| archive-date = 2007-07-21| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| url-status = dead}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url = {{NRHP-PA|H000719_01H.pdf}}| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: The Grange| accessdate = 2012-01-06| author = Elizabeth Donaghy and Sally McMurry| format = PDF| date = July 1970}}

The house was owned by patriot and Philadelphia merchant John Ross during the late 18th century, who named his country estate after the home of Lafayette. Ross's house was frequented by several notable historic figures, including George Washington and Lafayette.[http://www.thegrangeestate.org/history.html The Historic Grange Estate]

In 1815, the house was purchased by Manuel Eyre Jr.,{{Cite book |last1=Ashmead |first1=Henry Graham |author-link1=Henry Graham Ashmead |url=http://archive.org/details/cu31924006215655 |title=History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania |last2=Hungerford |first2=Austin N. |date=1884 |publisher=L. H. Everts |location=Philadelphia |pages=578 |language=en-US}} son of Washington aide Manuel Eyre, who served with Washington during the Revolution. The Eyre family held the estate longer than any other, first from 1815 to 1846, and then, through their Ashhurst cousins, from 1848 to 1911.

The last family to occupy the mansion did so from 1913 until 1974, when the estate was purchased by Haverford Township in 1974 under the Haverford Historical Society.{{Cite news |date=15 Nov 1974 |title=Llanerch Women's Club |language=en |pages=13 |work=Delaware County Daily Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/36726376 |url-access=subscription |access-date=6 Jun 2023}}

The mansion is now maintained as a museum and community center. Regular tours are available from April to October and during the December holidays.

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• H.D. Eberlein and H.M. Lippincott, The Colonial Homes of Philadelphia and Its Neighbourhood, J.B. Lippincott Co., Phila. and London, 1912.

• [https://thegrangeestate.net/ The Grange Estate]
• [http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/hotchkin/rp/hk014.jpg Photograph (1897)] at Bryn Mawr College
• [https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa3015/ Maen-Coch, 200 Grove Place (Haverford Township), Havertown, Delaware County, PA]: 8 photos, 4 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

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Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania

Category:Haverford Township, Pennsylvania

Category:Museums in Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Category:Historic house museums in Pennsylvania

Category:Gothic Revival architecture in Pennsylvania

Category:Houses completed in 1685

Category:Houses in Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Category:National Register of Historic Places in Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Category:1685 establishments in Pennsylvania