The Anglecot, also known as the Potter Residence, is a historic residence in the Chestnut Hill

Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Chestnut Hill is a neighborhood in the Northwest Philadelphia section of the United States city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.-Boundaries:Chestnut Hill is bounded as follows:...

 neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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. It was designed by noted Philadelphia architect Wilson Eyre

Wilson Eyre

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

 for Charles Adams Potter (1860-1925), a manufacturer of linoleum.

Anglecot was a sanatarium

Sanatorium

A sanatorium is a medical facility for long-term illness, most typically associated with treatment of tuberculosis before antibiotics...

 in the 1970s. It is now divided into condominiums.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1982. It is a contributing property

Contributing property

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 of the Chestnut Hill Historic District

Chestnut Hill Historic District (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

The Chestnut Hill Historic District is a historic area in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district in 1985.-Contributing properties:...

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External links

• Photograph and article at Bryn Mawr College
  Bryn Mawr College
  Bryn Mawr College is a women's liberal arts college located in Bryn Mawr, a community in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, ten miles west of Philadelphia. The name "Bryn Mawr" means "big hill" in Welsh....
  
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• Listing at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings