The machines, which separated the rich butter fat from raw milk, were manufactured at Sharples’ factories in West Chester, Pennsylvania and near Hamburg, Germany. After achieving worldwide financial success, Sharples began to purchase parcels of farmland just north of West Chester, ultimately assembling almost a thousand acres on which he planned to build a magnificent home and surrounding estate.
THE ARCHITECT: CHARLES BARTON KEEN
Sharples selected a prominent Philadelphia architect, Charles Barton Keen, to design the mansion and the outbuildings on the estate. Keen had designed many residences in the Germantown and Overboork sections of Philadelphia and many mansions for wealthy patrons on the Main Line as well as houses on Long Island. He later designed the Aronomink Golf Clubhouse and “Rose Garland”, now known as “the Willows”. His best known project other than Greystone, is “Reynolda” the Winston-Salem, North Carolina estate built for the R.J. Reynolds family which is now a museum of American Art.
THE ARCHITECT: CHARLES BARTON KEEN
Sharples selected a prominent Philadelphia architect, Charles Barton Keen, to design the mansion and the outbuildings on the estate. Keen had designed many residences in the Germantown and Overboork sections of Philadelphia and many mansions for wealthy patrons on the Main Line as well as houses on Long Island. He later designed the Aronomink Golf Clubhouse and “Rose Garland”, now known as “the Willows”. His best known project other than Greystone, is “Reynolda” the Winston-Salem, North Carolina estate built for the R.J. Reynolds family which is now a museum of American Art.
THE ARCHITECT: CHARLES BARTON KEEN
Sharples selected a prominent Philadelphia architect, Charles Barton Keen, to design the mansion and the outbuildings on the estate. Keen had designed many residences in the Germantown and Overboork sections of Philadelphia and many mansions for wealthy patrons on the Main Line as well as houses on Long Island. He later designed the Aronomink Golf Clubhouse and “Rose Garland”, now known as “the Willows”. His best known project other than Greystone, is “Reynolda” the Winston-Salem, North Carolina estate built for the R.J. Reynolds family which is now a museum of American Art.
Since 1942, several generations of the Jerrehian family have resided at Greystone Hall and other buildings on the property. Greystone Hall’s architectural integrity has been remarkably preserved. The main wing of the mansion stands today essentially as it was designed, built and decorated, with furnishings and carpets from the Jerrehian family collections.