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Waldheim St. Davids, Radnor Street and Eagle Rds. 1900 Demolished
Waldheim, designed by David Knickerbacker Boyd, was home of rubber manufacturer William Henry Sayen. Sayen originally moved to Wayne in 1880. They rented an 18th Century farmhouse, which is now known as the Finley House, headquarters to the Radnor Historical Society. They enjoyed life in Wayne, and moved into Craig Mawr, a house on the corner of Conestoga Rd. and West Wayne Ave. A year after his new mansion was built on Eagle Rd., Sayen was made head of Radnor Township’s first Board of Commissioners. According to legend, Sayen was planning to run for Governor of Pennsylvania, and had Waldheim modeled after the Governor’s mansion. After Sayen’s death, Waldheim was acquired by Valley Forge Military Academy and renamed Sullivan Hall. The Academy proposed in 1998 to build an assisted living facility on the site of Sullivan Hall, which was greatly opposed by North Wayne residents. Despite giving up plans for the facility, the Academy pressed on with plans for Waldheim’s demolition, and Radnor Township approved razing the structure in March of 2001, 100 years almost to the day that Sayen was elected head of Radnor’s Board of Commissioners.
1900: Waldheim built 1901: Waldheim’s resident elected head of Radnor Board of Commissioners 192?: Mansion acquired by Valley Forge Military Academy 2001: Demolished  ::: Deconstructing Waldheim: A visual account of the mansion's demolition
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