Photographs of Forest Hill Lodge and Forest Hill near Penllyn, PA, bulk: 1967-1990

Forest Hill Lodge on Pennlyn Pike was the home of R. Sturgis and Marion B. F. Ingersoll. Forest Hill, half a mile or more away, was the home of Sturgis' sister, Anna Warren Ingersoll. Before World War II, it was the summer residence of their father, Charles E. Ingersoll. It was designed by Cope and Stewardson. Nearby Hillfield was the home of Sturgis' brother, John H. W. and Anne Cadwalader Ingersoll. All three houses were essentially on the same property. The orchard was part of Forest Hill. The red barn stood halfway between Forest Hill Lodge and the other two houses at the upper end of the propety. The three houses still stand in one form or another, but over 50 houses have been built between and around them. The high boy in image 105 is a copy made by Dutch Chambers. Most of the furniture in the houses was as a result of inheritances.

Goya's "Seesaw", gifted to the museum by Anna Warren Ingersoll in 1975, is depicted hanging on the wall of Forest Hill. Also depicted are Daniel Pabst cabinets held in American Art, bequest of Anna Warren Ingersoll in 1985, and originally made for Fernhill and Edward Ingersoll more than a century earlier.

These details were extracted from correspondence between the donor, Perry Benson, and museum employees.