Hartwood Acres Mansion

Website:
https://www.alleghenycounty.us/parks/hartwood/mansion-tours.aspx

Telephone Number:
(412) 767-9200

Location:
200 Hartwood Acres, Pittsburgh, PA 15238

Hours:

Monday through Saturday 10 AM to 3 PM
Sunday 12 to 3 PM

By reservation only

Description:

Hartwood Acres is a 629acre county park in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Hartwood is considered the crown jewel of the county's 12000acre network of nine distinct parks.Purchased by the county in 1969, its special feature is one of the largest and most spectacular country estates in the region. Hartwood consists of a stately Tudor mansion (begun in 1927 and completed in 1929), an English style Formal Garden, a cottage, a stable complex, and a gate lodge (erected in 1927). The mansion, designed by Alfred Hopkins for John and Mary Flinn Lawrence, houses a collection of original English and American antiques.Hartwood is sited 10mi northeast of Downtown Pittsburgh on largely forested land in both Hampton and Indiana townships. The park also offers a large-stage concert area where the Free Summer Concert Series is held, as well as the Blues Festival and the Allegheny County Music Festival, and 30mi of trails—horse riding, walking, hiking, biking, and cross country skiing. Hartwood is especially well-known because of its now-defunct "Festival of Lights," a large outdoor light display once held during the holiday season to benefit local charities.HistoryMary Flinn Lawrence, a Pittsburgh philanthropist, created Hartwood with money she inherited from her father, Senator William Flinn. In the 1920s, she and her husband John Lawrence asked architect Alfred Hopkins to borrow design elements from a manor house the Lawrences had seen in Broadway, Oxfordshire, England. The result was a stately 31-room slate-roofed stone house constructed around a great hall.

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