Built 1924, 1952 Area 3 ha | NRHP Reference # 96000099 Added to NRHP 16 February 1996 | |
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Location 620 W. Lincoln Hwy., West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania Architect McIlvaine, John Gilbert Architectural style Renaissance, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals | ||
Martha and maurice ostheimer estate top 5 facts
Martha and Maurice Ostheimer Estate is a historic home located in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The estate home known as "Grimmet" was designed by noted architect John Gilbert McIlvaine, a partner of Wilson Eyre, and built in 1924 in the Tudor Revival style. It was expanded in 1952. The house has been converted to office use. The property includes the previously listed Wee Grimmet, built about 1720, and expanded about 1929 by McIlvaine. The property also includes a contributing small stone arch bridge, a terraced landscape, and the site of a 19th-century limestone quarry and kiln. Martha Gibson McIlvain Ostheimer was one of three founders of the Herb Society of America, and her Herb Gardens west and southwest of Grimmet were well-known among herbalists until 1962.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.