Main Line School Night

View one of the last remaining great estates of the Main Line on this first floor tour given by Joanie Mackie, the granddaughter of the Montgomerys and author David Wren. A Horace Trumbauer design, the extended family has lived here since 1912. Playwright Philip Barry, a family friend, based The Philadelphia Story on members of the Montgomery family, Ardrossan and Radnor Township. Katharine Hepburn's character was loosely based on Helen Hope, Joanie's aunt. (2 Feet: Moderate Walking and Some Periods of Standing.)