Harriton

Harriton Farm is a Quaker-derived estate in Villanova, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, whose main house began as a late Federal rubble stone house built around 1840 for Levi Morris, founder of the Morris Iron Works. The estate includes a gothic gatehouse from the 1860s, a barn with a large cupola and a stable with twin cupolas, probably from the 1880s. A bungalow of 1908 designed by William S. Vaux, who died that year, reflects a shift toward summer residence, and Walter Price remodeled the main house in 1923 with Colonial Revival mantels and a large south parlor. The property is regarded as a rare survivor of a Main Line Quaker estate, having kept its significant buildings after most neighboring estates were subdivided following World War II. Its plain, restrained architecture is seen as an expression of Quaker values across more than a century.