Public Ownership

Timeline | Thornwald Estate | Public Ownership| Debate over use | Converted mansion into retirement home | Dedication of Thornwald Park |The amphitheater | The land | Historical Resources|Photo Gallery   Public Ownership On April 11, 1972, Homewood Reformed Church sold the mansion and the surrounding acreage to the Carlisle Area School District, but continued...

Timeline | Thornwald Estate | Public Ownership| Debate over use | Converted mansion into retirement home | Dedication of Thornwald Park |The amphitheater | The land | Historical Resources|Photo Gallery Thornwald Amphitheater In 1979 a small amphitheater was built near the mansion itself and was used for musical and dance performances for the public. The theater is...

Timeline | Thornwald Estate | Public Ownership| Debate over use | Converted mansion into retirement home | Dedication of Thornwald Park|The amphitheater | The land | Historical Resources|Photo Gallery The Evangelical Reformed church: The Evangelical Reformed church was formed in 1934 throughout the merger of  the Reformed Church in the United States and...

Converted mansion into retirement home

Timeline | Thornwald Estate | Public Ownership| Debate over use | Converted mansion into retirement home | Dedication of Thornwald Park |The amphitheater | The land | Historical Resources|Photo Gallery   In Sylvester Sadler’s will, he stated that he wanted the Farmers Trust Company to pay income to the Carlisle Hospital. Later, Horace Sandler followed his...

Thornwald Grounds / Park space – The Land

Timeline | Thornwald Estate | Public Ownership| Debate over use | Converted mansion into retirement home | Dedication of Thornwald Park |The amphitheater | The land | Historical Resources|Photo Gallery The Land: The land of Thornwald park began as the fifty-three acer estate of Lewis Sadler accompanying his grand mansion built 1909-11. Sadler purchased forty-six...

Timeline | Thornwald Estate | Public Ownership| Debate over use | Converted mansion into retirement home | Dedication of Thornwald Park |The amphitheater | The land | Historical Resources|Photo Gallery Sylvester B. Sadler: On September 29, 1876,  Sylvester Sadler was born in Carlisle. He attended Dickinson College   before, like his older brother Lewis, transferring...