Written on verso: 'so it appeared during R. W. Lukens lifetime. The lower end of the 'mansion' was built, it is believed, in the first quarter of the 18th Century by the Flemings. In 1757 the property passed to the Coates family who added the upper end. Mrs. Lukens greatly improved the building and added the long verandah while carrying out extensive planting. She designed a formal boxwood garden and a fish pond on ground to the south of the house now [illegible] by the east-side roll yard... Show moreWritten on verso: 'so it appeared during R. W. Lukens lifetime. The lower end of the 'mansion' was built, it is believed, in the first quarter of the 18th Century by the Flemings. In 1757 the property passed to the Coates family who added the upper end. Mrs. Lukens greatly improved the building and added the long verandah while carrying out extensive planting. She designed a formal boxwood garden and a fish pond on ground to the south of the house now [illegible] by the east-side roll yard and machine shops. The farm buildings and a carriage house stood to the west. It is said that during the Coates occupation Washington was entertained here. The building is now used by the Lukens Employees Corporation [illegible].' Show less
Written on front: 'Home of Rebecca Lukens, famed nineteenth century woman Ironmaster, it stands amid the twentieth century facilities of Lukens Steel Company, oldest steelmaker in America.'
