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Title	Tullymore
Subject	Houses -- Sewickley, (Pa.); Edgeworth (Pa.); Suburban homes; Architecture -- Edgeworth (Pa.) Bonnett, Bobbi; Bonnett, Hal
Description	"Tullymore...A Seat of Serentiy on an Edgeworth Hillside" Woodland and Way Hollow Roads
Creator	Smith, Joe
Publisher	Sewickley Magazine
Date	1985-04
Repository Name	Sewickley Public Library
Collection Name	Historic Images and Documents Collection
Date-Created	2016-03-12
Media Type	Text
Format	TIFF
Item Size (WxH in cm)	21 x 28
Language	English
Rights	Reproduction of materials beyond fair use requires the permission of the copyright holders. Works not in the public domain cannot be used for commercial use without written permission. For all other uses, please contact the Sewickley Public Library.

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Title	Tullymore - 0001
Subject	Houses -- Edgeworth (Pa.); Suburban homes; Houses; Architecture -- Edgeworth (Pa.) Bonnett, Bobbi; Bonnett, Hal
Description	"Tullymore...A Seat of Serentiy on an Edgeworth Hillside" Woodland and Way Hollow Roads
Creator	Sewickley Public Library
Publisher	Sewickley Magazine
Contributors	Smith, Joe
Date	1985-04
Repository Name	Sewickley Public Library
Collection Name	Local History Collection
Date-Created	2016-03-12
Media Type	TIFF
Format	Black and White Publication
Item Size (WxH in cm)	21 x 28
Transcript	CLS t % Tullymorc A Seat of Serenity on an Edgeworth Hillside By Joe Smith Bobbi and Hal Bonnett relax in the library at Tullymore; the bleached wood of the bookcases and moldings sets off the forest-green wall coverings. Intricately carved moldings and brackets embellish the Chippendale mantel in the room. Passing between two rusticated stone gate piers at the corner of Woodland and Way Hollow roads, the gravel driveway that winds up an Edgeworth hillside to Tullymore leads not so much to a house as it does to a period in history, and the carved cornerstone by the front door tells the date: 1912. Designed by architect Robert Maurice Trimble in the Georgian style with subtle details of Tudor influence, standing three-stories high and built of dark red brick and stone over a steel I- beam framework, Tullymore is part of the apogee of American residential architecture. When the house was constructed, the United States was technically still in its horse-and-carriage days, for Henry Ford's mass-production of the Model-T automobile was not to come until two years later. Nevertheless, America's leadership of the world had been militarily established under President Theodore Roosevelt, and the country's industry and economy prospered under President William Taft, as a wealthy nation concerned itself more with industrial growth than with world affairs: World Wars and income taxes were yet to be heard of. When John and Elizabeth Young Oliver moved into Tullymore, their new summer home, the United States was enjoying a well- ■^M Sewickley Magazine, April 1985

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