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William Lightfoot Price (1861-1916)

William Lightfoot Price (1861-1916) is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Rose Valley, Delaware County, dedicated 2021.

Delaware County · dedicated 2021 · 44 Rose Valley Rd., Rose Valley

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Prominent architect who produced innovative residential commissions in the Rose Valley community he helped found here in 1901. Thunderbird Lodge, Schönhouse, and the cottages of Porter and Prices lanes were inspired by the English Arts & Crafts movement. He simultaneously pioneered reinforced concrete hotels and railroad stations from Atlantic City to Chicago that influenced American architecture. Price lived here.

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