Graeme Park
Graeme Park Grounds

Timeline at Graeme Park

1721 Building started on malthouse at Keith's "Fountain Low"
1723 Earliest date for the building of the Keith House
1739 Dr. Graeme acquires Fountain Low and renames it Graeme Park
1755 Renovations to interior at Graeme Park
1765 Dr. Graeme retires for health reasons, spends more time at Graeme Park
1772 Dr. Graeme dies. Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson inherits Graeme Park
1778 Graeme Park confiscated due to Henry Hugh Fergusson's loyalist sympathies
1781 Graeme Park returned to Elizabeth
1795 Dr. William Smith sells Graeme Park property for Elizabeth
1801 Samuel Penrose buys 300 acres, including Keith House, at Graeme Park
1810 Penroses build new farmhouses
1920 Welsh Strawbridge buys Graeme Park from the Penroses
1958 Strawbridges give Keith Mansion and 42 acres to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC)

 

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