Welkinweir

	Welkinweir
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The lake in early March
Location	1368 Prizer Rd., East Nantmeal Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°9′13″N 75°40′55″W / 40.15361°N 75.68194°W
Area	162 acres (66 ha)
Built	1940
Architect	Tobiessen, Fridtjof
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	01000953
Added to NRHP	September 7, 2001

Welkinweir is a 197-acre (80 ha) nonprofit arboretum, garden, mansion, and conservation area that is located at 1368 Prizer Road, East Nantmeal Township, Pennsylvania, United States.^[2] Situated near Pottstown, it is part of the Hopewell Big Woods and is open to the public daily without charge.

History and notable features

Welkinweir was the home of Everett and Grace Rodebaugh, founding members of the conservation-minded Green Valleys Association. They bought the site during the 1930s and spent decades improving it. Their house was erected in 1940, built upon a much smaller house in two sections circa 1750 and 1830. The architect, Fridtjof Tobiessen, designed the 1940 mansion.^[3]

The property was placed into a conservation easement in 1976, donated to the association in 1997, and is now its headquarters and educational center. In 2001, the estate was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Its arboretum includes cherry, dogwood, dwarf evergreens, franklinia, magnolia, Japanese maple, swamp and sugar maple, and sweetgum, as well as azaleas and rhododendrons.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "History – Welkinweir". Retrieved 2024-12-08.
^ Estelle Cremers, 2001, NRHP Nomination Form - Welkinweir, accessed October 29, 2010. Enter "public" for ID and "public" for password to access the site.

External links

Media related to Welkinweir at Wikimedia Commons

Welkinweir - official site
Green Valleys Association

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] "History – Welkinweir". Retrieved 2024-12-08.

[3] Estelle Cremers, 2001, NRHP Nomination Form - Welkinweir, accessed October 29, 2010. Enter "public" for ID and "public" for password to access the site.

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