H O M E WO O D SCHOFIELD ANDREWS HOUSE
Chestnut Hill (1930)
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O M E WO O D ,
the Chestnut Hill residence of the prominent Philadelphia attorney Schofield
Andrews and, later, the socialite Eleanor Widener Dixon, granddaughter of traction mogul P.A.B.
Widener, is a notable reflection of the disparate tastes of its two owners. A partner in the eminent firm of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, Andrews, a recent widower, commissioned the large residence shortly after his second marriage, to Marie Disston Grant. She was the daughter of Jacob Disston, of the prominent Philadelphia family of tool and hardware manufacturers, and her first husband, Patrick Grant II, had leapt to his death following the stock market crash. A 1910 graduate of Harvard, Andrews interrupted his legal career to enlist in the Army at the outbreak of World War I, becoming assistant chief of staff to the commander of the 90th Division and rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He and his first
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