Suntop Homes, Ardmore

Name: Suntop Homes
Address: Ardmore, United States

#3 among attractions in Ardmore

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The Suntop Homes, also known under the early name of The Ardmore Experiment, were quadruple residences located in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, and based largely upon the 1935 conceptual Broadacre City model of the minimum houses. The design was commissioned by Otto Tod Mallery of the Tod Company in 1938 in an attempt to set a new standard for the entry-level housing market in the United States and to increase single-family dwelling density in the suburbs. In cooperation with Frank Lloyd Wright, the Tod Company secured a patent for the unique design, intending to sell development rights for Suntops across the country. ()

Coordinates: 39°59'60"N, 75°17'32"W

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Suntop Homes – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: City Line Avenue Bridge, Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Merion Friends Meeting House, Narberth.

2 miSE
Bridge
City Line Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia
52 min walk • City Line Avenue Bridge is a historic concrete barrel arch bridge spanning the East Branch of Indian Creek and located in the Overbrook Farms neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1913, and is a single-span bridge. The barrel arch measures 20-foot-wide.
2.1 miNW
Concerts and shows, Cinema, Theater
Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Bryn Mawr
53 min walk • Bryn Mawr Film Institute is a non-profit, community-supported movie theater located in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, a town on Philadelphia's Main Line. It re-opened in March 2005, with Ben Kingsley present, and currently has over 9,100 supporting members. BMFI shows a wide range of films, including foreign, independent and art house films.
2.1 miE
Church, Spiritual
Merion Friends Meeting House, Philadelphia
54 min walk • The Merion Friends Meeting House is an active and historic Quaker meeting house at 615 Montgomery Avenue in Merion Station, Pennsylvania. Completed about 1715, it is the second oldest Friends meeting house in the United States, with distinctively Welsh architectural features that distinguish it from later meeting houses.
1.8 miE
Area
Narberth, Philadelphia
46 min walk • Narberth is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is one of many neighborhoods on the historic Pennsylvania Main Line. The population was 4,282 at the 2010 census.
2.1 miE
Synagogue, Nightlife, Bars and clubs
General Wayne Inn, Philadelphia
55 min walk • The General Wayne Inn in Merion, Pennsylvania is a former tavern. It has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1976.
2.2 miE
Botanical garden, Park
Merion Botanical Park, Philadelphia
57 min walk • The Merion Botanical Park is a city park and botanical garden located at 100 Merion Road, Merion, Pennsylvania, USA. It is open daily without charge.
1.8 miNW
Spiritual, Church
Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, Bryn Mawr
47 min walk • Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church is a church in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; founded in 1873, it is currently a 2,500 member church of the PC. It is located on the Main Line, just west of Philadelphia. Being a large congregation, the church is active seven days a week.
2.1 miNW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Seville Theatre, Bryn Mawr
55 min walk • Seville Theatre, also known as the Bryn Mawr Theatre, is a historic theatre building located at Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
2.2 miNW
Library, Gothic Revival architecture
Old Library, Bryn Mawr
56 min walk • The Old Library is a college library at Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Previously named the M. Carey Thomas Library after Bryn Mawr's first dean and second president, it was formally renamed in 2018 as a result of controversy surrounding Thomas's history of racism and anti-Semitism.
0.6 miN
40°0'27"N • 75°17'46"W
Ardmore Free Library, Ardmore
15 min walk • Library
2.1 miNW
Park
Bryn Mawr Campus Arboretum, Bryn Mawr
55 min walk • Bryn Mawr Campus Arboretum is an arboretum located across the campus of Bryn Mawr College, 101 North Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. It is open daily without charge. The campus was first designed by Calvert Vaux, with a final design drawn up in 1884. Very little of this design was ever implemented, however.