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It is confusing that there were two large houses called "Dolobran" in the Philadelphia suburbs, about 3 miles apart. The Haverford, Pennsylvania house was designed by architect Frank Furness for Clement Griscom in 1881. The Gladwyne, Pennsylvania house was designed by Edmund B. Gilchrist for Rodman E. Griscom (Clement's son) in 1928.
Gilchrist's records list work done on Dolobran in 1905 (Job #271),[1] but Rodman is listed as the client, not Clement (who died in 1912). Since there is a reference to Rodman living in a house on or near his father's estate in 1901 (see Dolobran), I'm going to assume that the work Gilchrist did in 1905 was on Rodman's house on/near the father's 146-acre estate, rather than work done on the father's own house.
BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 20:09, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
