Bryn Athyn Historic District

Huntington Pike and Cathedral Road, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Montgomery.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 06, 2008. NRIS 08001087.

14 contributing buildings. 7 contributing structures.

Also known as:

  • Bryn Athlyn Cathedral
  • Pitcairn Residences: Cairnwood, Cairncrest, Glencairn

From Wikipedia:

Bryn Athyn Historic District

The Bryn Athyn Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing an important collection of Arts and Crafts movement architecture in Bryn Athyn, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Designated in 2008, it includes three residential properties associated with the Pitcairn family who supported the movement, as well as Bryn Athyn Cathedral, all built by craftsmen employed by the Pitcairns.

The district properties are located in the center of Bryn Athyn, on the west side of Huntington Pike (Pennsylvania Route 232), and is roughly bisected by Cathedral Road. On its north side stand Cairnwood and the Glencairn Museum, both built as homes of the Pitcairns, and on its south are the Bryn Athyn Cathedral, the mother church of the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and Cairncrest, another Pitcairn home that now houses church offices.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994153

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