{"id":41,"date":"2016-03-09T16:31:12","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T16:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/?p=41"},"modified":"2016-04-21T13:35:02","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T13:35:02","slug":"thornwald-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/thornwald-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Thornwald Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/thornwald-photo-gallery\/\">Photo Gallery<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/thornwald-estate\/\">Thornwald Estate<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/public-ownership-2\/\">Public Ownership<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/debate-over-use\/\">Debate over use<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/?p=553&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\">The land\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/timeline\/\">Timeline<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/thornwald-park-historical-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\">Historical Resources<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0Timeline:<\/h3>\n<p>1909: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/?p=528&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\">Lewis S. Sadler<\/a> begins construction of <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/thornwald-mansion-construction-and-grounds\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Thornwald&#8221; mansion\u00a0and grounds<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1911: Construction completed<\/p>\n<p>1922: Lewis Sadler dies- passes estate to his brother <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/?p=548&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvester B. Sadler<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1931: Sylvester Sadler dies- passes estate to younger brother Horace T. Sadler<\/p>\n<p>1953: May 27 Horace Sadler sells estate to The <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/?p=609&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\">Evangelical Reformed Church<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/?p=573&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\">Converted mansion into retirement home<\/a>&#8211; later used 11 acres of <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/grounds-park-space-the-land\/\" target=\"_blank\">land <\/a>to build new modern retirement home<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1972: Carlisle School District purchases the &#8220;Homewood Site&#8221; (mansion and 32 acres of original estate)<\/p>\n<p>1975: Carlisle Borough buys it from the School District with a $350.000 &#8220;preservation&#8221; grant<\/p>\n<p>August 15, 1976: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/dedication-of-thornwald-park\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dedication of Thornwald Park<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1979:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/?p=708&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\">Amphitheater<\/a>\u00a0is built along with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleparks\/dedication-of-thornwald-park\/\" target=\"_blank\">jogging trails<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1999: Auction for the Mansion, the bidder does not come forward<\/p>\n<p>2007: The Mansion burns down &#8211; supposedly from arson<\/p>\n<p>2010: Rkia Hall purchases the Mansion and restores it.<\/p>\n<p>2013 : Mansion opens as a bed and breakfast, spa, and wedding venue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Gallery | Thornwald Estate\u00a0| Public Ownership|\u00a0Debate over use\u00a0| The land\u00a0|\u00a0Timeline\u00a0| Historical Resources \u00a0Timeline: 1909: Lewis S. Sadler begins construction of &#8220;Thornwald&#8221; mansion\u00a0and grounds 1911: Construction completed 1922: Lewis Sadler dies- passes estate to his brother Sylvester B. Sadler 1931: Sylvester Sadler dies- passes estate to younger brother Horace T. 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