Along the Main Line, a 21,000-square-foot mansion built in 1904 and spanning three floors is hitting the market for around $12 million, writes Jonathan Diamond for the Philadelphia Business Journal. 

The estate, known as Ravenscliff, was constructed in Wayne on a 126-acre parcel for magnate William T. Wright. Wright later gave the property to his son, William Coxe Wright, when he married Charlotte Dorrance, the Campbell Soup heiress. 

“It could really be a pretty diverse pool of buyers because of the updates,” said Lisa Yakulis of Kurfiss Sotheby’s International Realty. “It’s large, but it’s very livable. There is a very bright open flow throughout the house, which sometimes you don’t associate with these older homes.” 

According to the listing, the mansion boasts seven bedrooms and 11 bathrooms, along with a front-to-back foyer that features high ceilings, a fireplace, views of the grounds, and marble floors and walls.  

An impressive library includes built-ins, a fireplace, mahogany paneling, and hand-carved doors. The home also has a stunning ballroom, with two walls of windows, French doors leading outside and to a “Florida room,” and two fireplaces. 

Other features of the home include a second catering kitchen, an elevator servicing all floors, walk-in closets, en suite baths attached to bedrooms, a playroom, office space, a pool, and a pool house. 

Read more about the impressive Ravenscliff estate in Wayne and the various features of the property in the Philadelphia Business Journal. 

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