Cobble Court is a historic house originally commissioned by the distiller J. Hazeltine Carstairs, who owned 50 acres from Marple Rd. to Ardmore Ave. Originally named Spring Hill Farms, the house was built alongside the first hole of the Merion Golf Club west course in 1924. Sold to

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, the owner of

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, a prominent ice cream manufacturer, who installed the cobblestone courtyard, and changed the name to "Cobble Court." In 1963 the Breyers estate was subdivided and the main house sold to Stuart Saunders of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The property was in 1973 purchased from Stuart Saunders by

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. The house is on the local survey of historic buildings."Owner of Haverford historic home wants off of historic survey," Louis Puglionesi, News of Delaware County, July 3, 2013. http://www.delconewsnetwork.com/newsofdelawarecounty/news/owner-of-haverford-historic-home-wants-off-of-historic-survey/article_ecf1f508-90a0-5e2b-9753-dc94f5a494c2.html The home was designed by

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* http://haverford.pastperfectonline.com/photo/5458E69D-521D-460F-A46A-783869406439
Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form
see p. 7
Historic Resources Survey
Haverford Township, Delaware County, PA. Delaware County Planning Commission, 1994. National Register of Historic Places in Delaware County, Pennsylvania Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Houses in Delaware County, Pennsylvania National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania

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