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==Recreation and attractions== [[File:Sidesaddle jumping devon pa.jpg|thumb|A rider jumping in a sidesaddle class at the [[Devon Horse Show]]]] * The Appleford Estate: A 300-year-old {{convert|24|acre|m2|adj=on}} estate located in Villanova. Today it is maintained as an arboretum and a bird sanctuary. Its gardens were designed by renowned landscape architect [[Thomas Warren Sears]] and include woods, meadows, formal gardens, brick walkways, rhododendron tracts, a stream, pond, and waterfall. Admission is free of charge and the house is available as a rental for special events.<ref>[http://www.applefordestate.com/appleford_history Appleford Estate, history] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090808170442/http://www.applefordestate.com/appleford_history/ |date=2009-08-08 }}</ref> * [[Arboretum of the Barnes Foundation|The Barnes Arboretum]] in Merion. *[[Bryn Mawr Film Institute]]: A non-profit community theater founded in 2002 in the old Bryn Mawr Theater building, built in 1926, which is in the process of significant restoration. The institute offers showings of classic movies of the 20th century, opera, film education courses, and film discussions.<ref>[http://www.brynmawrfilm.org/bmfi.htm Bryn Mawr Film Institute] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616182017/http://www.brynmawrfilm.org/bmfi.htm |date=2009-06-16 }}</ref> *[[Cynwyd Heritage Trail|The Cynwyd Heritage Trail]] is a {{convert|1.8|mi|adj=on}} linear 'rail-to-trail' park which opened in 2011. The trail intersects with roads, bridges, neighborhoods, parks, railway stations, historic mills, and the [[West Laurel Hill Cemetery|West Laurel Hill]] and [[Westminster Cemetery|Westminster Cemeteries]]. The trail also connects to the pedestrian-only [[Manayunk Bridge]] on the [[Schuylkill River]], which opened in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://planphilly.com/articles/2013/07/12/staycation-cynwyd-heritage-trail|title=Staycation: Cynwyd Heritage Trail|last=FISHER|first=CHRISTINE|date=July 12, 2013|website=www.planphilly.com|access-date=November 20, 2016}}</ref> *[[Chanticleer Garden]]: An estate and [[botanical garden]] located in [[Wayne, Pennsylvania|Wayne]], which is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. *[[Devon Horse Show|The Devon Horse Show]]: The oldest and largest multi-breed horse show in the U.S. *[[Harriton House]]: Located in [[Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania|Bryn Mawr]], was built in 1704 by a Welsh Quaker named Rowland Ellis. He named the estate "Bryn Mawr", meaning "high hill" in Welsh, which is where the community gained its name. The house's best known occupant was Charles Thomson, the first and only secretary of the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.<ref>[http://www.harritonhouse.org/history.htm Harriton House history]</ref> *[https://historicwaynesborough.org/ Historic Waynesborough]: Revolutionary war hero Anthony Wayne's historic estate. Alternatively known as Waynesborough, this is where Anthony Wayne was born. It is registered as a National Historic Landmark and is a historic house museum. *[[Jenkins Arboretum]]: A nonprofit botanical garden located in [[Devon, Pennsylvania|Devon]]. *[[King of Prussia Mall]] located in [[King of Prussia, Pennsylvania|King of Prussia]] is the third-largest mall in terms of retail space in America and is only a short distance away from the Main Line. *The [[Lower Merion Academy]] was built in 1812, and is a {{frac|3|1|2}}-story, five-bay, [[stucco]]ed stone building with [[cupola]] in the [[Federal architecture|Federal]] style. It was renovated in 1938, in the [[Colonial Revival architecture|Colonial Revival]] style. Located in [[Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania|Bala Cynwyd]], it is still used for educational purposes and now also houses [http://lowermerionhistory.org/?page_id=480 The Lower Merion Historical Society]. It was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2002. [http://lowermerionhistory.org/?page_id=480 The free education provided to local children in the Academy] predated Pennsylvania's state laws mandating free public schooling (1834β1836). *The [[Merion Friends Meeting House]], in [[Merion, Pennsylvania|Merion Station]], completed in 1715, is the third oldest Quaker Meeting House in the United States. It is still in active use by the Society of Friends. The property also includes stables and a cemetery, with an estimated 2,000 burials (many of which are unmarked in accordance with early Quaker custom). Construction began in 1695, and the meeting house exhibits distinctively Welsh architectural features, including a cross- or T-shape building plan, that distinguish it from later Quaker meeting houses. It was declared a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1999. *[[Woodmont (Gladwyne, Pennsylvania)|The Woodmont Estate]]
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