One of Radnor’s greatest and most historic estates, Poplar House, is at risk of demolition. The new owner of the property, in conjunction with a local developer, is set to demolish the house and probably other buildings on the site, including a carriage house and a circa 1790 farmhouse. The property is a 36 acre site between Maplewood Avenue and Church Rd. in West Wayne.

The house was built in 1902 for the family of Daniel Moreau Barringer, a noted geologist who discovered that a giant crater in Arizona was created by a meteorite. Poplar House was bought in 1914 by the Harrison family, and until her death in 2008, was home to longtime Radnor Historical Society member and president Dorothy Harrison Therman.

There are a few things everyone can do to help our efforts. Go to our new web­site, www.poplarhouse.org, to find out more, see historic photographs and to sign our online peti­tion. We also have a “Save Poplar House” fan page on Facebook to keep members informed.

Please sign the petition, and pass it on to friends and family. The Main Line has lost so much of its history in recent years, and we can’t afford to make Poplar House the next “La Ronda.”

Thank you!

Greg Prichard
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