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Grant money purchased mansion site in Delco

DELAWARE COUNTY Grant money buys mansion site MEDIA The Natural Lands Trust announced that it had received $5.7 million in grants from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Marcellus Legacy Fund.

DELAWARE COUNTY

Grant money buys mansion site

MEDIA The Natural Lands Trust announced that it had received $5.7 million in grants from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Marcellus Legacy Fund.

The grants will go toward preserving open space in Delaware, Philadelphia, and Berks Counties and toward other projects.

In Delaware County, $1.2 million was used to buy Woodburne Mansion, on a 35-acre parcel known as Darby Heights on Springfield Road. The property had belonged to the Sisters of the Divine Redeemer and had been used as a nursing facility and orphanage.

The property will be turned over to the county and will serve as a trailhead for a three-mile span along Darby Creek. Plans may include ballfields and picnic areas.

- Mari A. Schaefer