The Allgates is located in Haverford

Haverford, Pennsylvania

Haverford is an unincorporated community located partially in Haverford Township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA, but primarily in Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County, about west of Philadelphia. It is on the Main Line, which is known historically for its wealth. As of August 2009,...

, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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. The large estate contained 19 buildings, with the largest the Mansion House, designed by Wilson Eyre

Wilson Eyre

Wilson Eyre, Jr. was an influential American architect, teacher and writer who practiced in the Philadelphia area...

, and completed in 1912. The Frog Tavern was built in 1731, and the Federal School

Federal School

The Federal School is a one-room schoolhouse on the National Register of Historic Places located on Darby Road in an area of Havertown, Pennsylvania known as Coopertown, near the Allgates Estate...

 was built in 1797. The complex of buildings was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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on May 15, 1979, and the Federal School was listed separately in 1971. The estate was built for financier Horatio Gates Lloyd, who was simultaneously a partner in Drexel and Co. and J.P. Morgan and Co., as well as President of the Commercial Trust Co. of Philadelphia.

Since Allgates listing on the NRHP, the estate has been developed with several new large residences. Both the Mansion House and the Federal School remain , however.