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hough he now plays to
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the lean days—like
when the band played
in front of three people at a
New Jersey club in 1997.
Then there were the nine folks
who showed up at a tavern
in New Brunswick, N.J.,
and the 10 fans at a show
in Memphis—five of them
loyalists who’d driven 15 hours
from State College. “We were
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Zoomed-in fans at Ardmore
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SPACE
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ST. CHARLES BORROMEO
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BY MICHAEL BRADLEY
A
nyone who’s driven past the corner
of Lancaster and City Line avenues
and seen the majesty of St. Charles
Borromeo Seminary knows just
how striking the campus is. Fronted
by the mammoth cross displayed
during Pope John Paul II’s 1979 visit, it’s all
imposing buildings and vast swaths of green.
But as impressive as the property is on the
outside, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia is
more concerned about what happens inside.
Bishop Timothy C. Senior knows that we can invest in our future and be much St. Charles, it was almost a catastrophe.
the 150-year-old campus is a landmark more sustainable,” Senior says. In July 2018, the seminary was named a
and a symbol for the city’s Catholic That sustainability is a key part of the Class 1 historic resource by Lower Merion
community. “It’s beautiful, magnificent equation. For many years, all of the money Township, which almost torpedoed
and very historic,” says Senior, who’s an raised by the seminary’s capital campaign discussions between the Archdiocese and
auxiliary bishop in the archdiocese and the has gone to the upkeep of the property Main Line Health. By conferring that
rector at St. Charles. “But our core mission and addressing debt, rather than making status on St. Charles, the township gave
is the formation of priests and deacons for improvements or building an endowment. itself the opportunity to veto any plans
the Church, not to maintain a building.” Holding onto such a large parcel of land to demolish all or part of the campus by
That secondary responsibility will be was extremely costly. The seminary serves current or future owners. The response
wiped from the Archdiocese’s ledger within about 155 students at various stages in was not favorable. “The discussion of the
four years. In 2019, Main Line Health their 11-year journey through college and designation has created a real chill …
purchased the property for $43.5 million, theological training, preparing priests for on our prospective purchaser,” seminary
and the seminary has until the 2024-25 service in the Philadelphia Archdiocese attorney Carl Primavera told Main Line
school year to move. Meanwhile, Gwynedd and 14 others. Media News at the time. “The impact
Mercy University and the seminary just The 15-acre lot on Gwynedd’s campus and the harm on the seminary are not
signed an agreement of sale for a parcel of includes Alexandria Hall and Visitation something that comes to the imagination
land on the northern border of the school’s House, which are used for housing and of an overactive mind of an attorney or
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campus that’s just a 10th of the size of the ministry activities. Though they’ll initially is something that is speculative. We’ve
current site. serve as the seminary’s primary buildings, been in negotiations with an important
The big news would appear to be how it can build other structures and perhaps purchaser, and when this came about, they
Main Line Health will develop its 150-acre enter into an arrangement with the college immediately stopped negotiating.”
acquisition, which sits across the street that would allow seminarians to use There were reports of a letter circulating
from Lankenau Medical Center. Right now, existing facilities on campus. “Having a from Senior that expressed extreme
the health system isn’t ready to comment seminary contiguous to a university will disappointment with the decision.
on that. There’s also the question of how provide a much broader experience for Township commissioner Liz Rogan
St. Charles will begin its new life at our men,” Senior says. “Gwynedd Mercy countered that Lower Merion was only
Gwynedd Mercy. The seminary has had has been wonderful. They’ve welcomed us, trying to ensure that it would be in a
four other homes since its founding in and we’re optimistic and hopeful we can suitable partnership with entities acting in a
1832, and several other colleges around the bring this to fruition.” way that benefits Lower Merion.
country have seminaries on their grounds. For some entities, receiving a historical It’s hard to imagine Main Line Health
“We’ll be moving to a new campus, where designation is a tremendous honor. For not doing that. Over the past several years,
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John McKenzie (left) and
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BROOMALL
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SPLASH ZONE’S JOHN
MCKENZIE AND NICK
REYNOLDS ARE ALL IN
FOR THEIR HOMETOWN.
BY MICHAEL BRADLEY
J
udging by the palm trees that lie
withered around the perimeter of the
pool, Splash Club is clearly going for
the island vacation vibe. “We started
thinking about what we enjoyed
as adults from places where we’ve
travelled,” says co-owner Nick Reynolds.
Each season, the trees last until fall.
“We’ll have new ones when the season
starts,” says Reynolds’ partner,
John McKenzie.
Splash Club memberships are at a
premium these days—and for good
reason. Aside from palm tress, the place
has private cabanas with table service, an
air-conditioned restaurant, live music and
more. This year marks the debut of an ice
cream parlor, and an arcade is planned
… oh, and two new pools. The cost for a
family of four is $700—$810 for five or
more kids. Cabanas are extra. The duo’s latest brainchild is Marple serving on the Marple Newtown School
Splash Club is one of two growing Public House, made possible by a ballot Board. They started the Marple Civic
businesses hatched by McKenzie and initiative passed two years ago permitting Association this past November, along with
Reynolds in two years—and that’s with seven liquor licenses in the township. a youth branch for high school kids. They
a pandemic in the mix. One has already Reynolds and McKenzie managed to also run a flag football league for Marple
expanded to include three new locations secure the last one. All of these anchor Newtown residents; 450 kids registered
and an adjunct enterprise. The other has businesses—Splash Club, the original in the fall of 2020. “When we say we take
a second site. Reynolds and McKenzie Delco Steaks and the Public House—are pride in the area, we have to show it,”
are textbook entrepreneurs, willing to do within about a five-minute drive of each McKenzie says. “This is where we’re from
anything necessary to succeed. “Nick and other in Broomall. Needless to say, they and where we’re staying.”
I think about things, and we always want love their town. Even with the pandemic, last year was
something different and not already there,” A serial entrepreneur, Reynolds grew up an unqualified success for Splash Club.
McKenzie says. “Then we put quality to it.” in Newtown Square and graduated from “Kids weren’t in camp, sports weren’t taking
In May 2019, the partners opened Marple Newtown High School. Prior to place, and people needed a place they
Splash Club on the site of the old Splash Club, he founded an energy auction could take the family,” says Lisa DeMarco,
Marple Newtown Swim Club. A second website that connects brokers and users. McKenzie’s sister and the manager
site debuted near Kennett Square this McKenzie is a Malvern Prep and Penn State at Splash.
TESSA MARIE IMAGES
Memorial Day. Meanwhile, the original alum. He’s spent the last 17 years buying, Delco Steaks was originally supposed
Opening last March on Route 3 on renovating and selling houses. “I’m almost to be an eat-in establishment, but the
the weekend when the world went into out of it,” says the Broomall native. “I have pandemic changed that. It’ll stay that way.
COVID-induced hibernation, Delco Steaks a few left.” The restaurant has a takeout window, and as
has three new spots, including one at the Childhood friends, the two reconnected the weather warms, tables will be available
Wells Fargo Center. about seven years ago when they were outside. The model was forced upon
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Then there’s Folsom and the Wells Fargo
Center. At press time, the two new
Delaware County sites are scheduled to
open in late spring and summer, with a
miniature golf course—Delco Land—next
to the Folsom location. For now, Reynolds
and McKenzie own the restaurants, but
the goal is to create a franchise model.
“Some people get too big too fast and Buying • Selling • Renting • Relocating
lose quality,” says Steve Reynolds, Nick’s
younger brother and the company’s COO.
“Before we expand, we want to make sure
we can duplicate everything with our staff Presented by
and suppliers.”
The beef comes from a farm in
Chambersburg owned by Reynolds’
football teammate at Millersville University.
High-quality stuff, it’s available for sale at
Delco Steaks. “We pay top dollar for our
ingredients,” Steve says. “We don’t want to
cheap out.”
The latest McKenzie/Reynolds endeavor,
the Public House sits just off of West
Chester Pike on Sproul Road. It’s the only
non-hotel bar in Broomall, and it aims to
be the kind of neighborhood attraction
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Reynolds and McKenzie have hired
Dean Dupuis, former executive chef SEPTEMBER 8, 2021 | ELLIS PRESERVE BALLROOM
at Rouge in Philadelphia, to be their
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at the pub and the food at the Splash Club For more information, visit mainlinetoday.com/ladies-night-out-event/
restaurants. “Nothing is ever easy, but
we’re leaning as we go,” McKenzie says.
“We have to keep making adjustments
for the next swim season or the next
sandwich. We need to make sure it’s all
ready to go.” MLT
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BACK TO GREENWOOD FARM
GEORGE WASHINGTON’S “SECOND HEADQUARTERS”
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reenwood Farm has its issues. “We’re Now 92, Giegerich had owned circa-1914 clay tennis court. The historic
at the bottom of the hill, so the Greenwood Farm with his first wife since stone-and-clapboard bank barn has an
water always flows,” says current 1971. He hated to list it when relocating adjoining rental apartment. “It’s a great
owner Danielle Francis. “It seems to Florida, fought off developers interested property, right?” says Francis. “It’s a great
that at least once a year there’s six in condominiums, then found solace when place to raise kids, a place where we can
inches of it in the basement.” the property remained in the family. He really spread out.”
But the water never flowed like it did and Carole have since returned and are A plaque in the home’s entrance hall
five years ago, when a sewer pipe burst and living in the two-bedroom carriage house. documents the site as Gen. Washington’s
backed up into the house as their oldest “I have a sense of permanency in living out interim headquarters in December 1777,
child, Abby, was taking her first bath in my life here,” says Giegerich. before his move to the Isaac Potts House
a clawfoot tub. Francis and her husband, The historic 18th-century manor home at Valley Forge. Through much effort,
Chris, had just purchased the residence boasts high ceilings, hardwood floors, eight Giegerich was able to get the property on
historically known as George Washington’s fireplaces, six bedrooms and three full the National Register of Historic Places
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“second headquarters” from her mother baths. There’s elegant millwork throughout, as an example of a transformed working
and stepfather, Carole and John Giegerich Jr. and large centuries-old windows provide farm. Even so, retired historian and
These days, the historic estate includes the plenty of natural light. The property preservationist J. Randall Cotton notes
main home, a carriage house and a barn— includes a pool and poolhouse, lush that Washington’s stay can’t be confirmed,
all on three acres along West Valley Road in perennial gardens, specimen trees, spring- and there’s a question about some of the
Tredyffrin Township. fed fountains, various sculptures and a original architectural detail.
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Cotton has authored a comprehensive
history of Greenwood Farm, which was
referenced as Washington’s temporary
headquarters in a speech by Samuel W. A PLAQUE IN THE
Pennypacker. The farm was originally HOME’S ENTRANCE
part of a 160-acre tract granted to David
Meredith by William Penn’s agents in HALL DOCUMENTS THE
1706. The property was little improved SITE AS GEN. GEORGE
until it was purchased by James Davis,
a member of one of the area’s founding WASHINGTON’S INTERIM
families. A farmer, Davis likely built the HEADQUARTERS IN 1777,
house around 1760. He was listed as the
largest landholder in Tredyffrin Township
BEFORE HIS MOVE
in 1765, and his family owned the farm TO VALLEY FORGE.
until at least 1798.
By the mid-19th century, the property
had become a gentleman’s farm for a and a now-demolished billiards hall date
succession of wealthy owners, most of them from that era. An established lawyer in
esteemed doctors. From 1860 to 1874, Philadelphia, he also built the tennis court,
it had several short-term owners until it on which Spanish Davis Cup players the
was bought by J.G. Richard Heckscher, Alonso brothers occasionally practiced.
founder of the largest anthracite coal mine The estate was sold to Radcliffe
in Pennsylvania. The Heckscher family Urquhart in 1942, and the farmland TOPDOCTOR
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rented a townhouse in Philadelphia and was subdivided by a developer in 1969.
occupied Greenwood Farm as a summer The parcels with structures were sold TOPDOCTOR
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estate. After Heckscher’s death, his son, to Giegerich, who moved in with his
Stevens, made substantial improvements first wife and their sons. After a divorce,
to the estate in 1913. The swimming pool he ended up with the continued on page 25
Know someone who
always gets cold
symptoms on vacation?
WHERE EAGLES LANDED
It may not be a cold.
Mold thrives in the warm, moist
T
environments of shore houses, mountain/
here was a time when Greenwood Farm was known for its parties. “They were
lake houses and hotel rooms. Mold allergy
wild,” says owner Danielle Francis. “Our parties are tame by comparison.”
Fifty years ago, Greenwood became a place to unwind for Philadelphia symptoms mimic a cold…headaches,
Eagles players when longtime Main Line insider and railroad descendant Jay congestion, runny nose, and sneezing.
Charles Woodward rented there. Once a nationally ranked tennis player, Woodward Don’t let a mold allergy ruin your vacation.
was working at Exxon. He’s now 74 and wheelchair-bound, suffering the effects In one visit, an allergist can
of Agent Orange exposure from his time in the Vietnam War. Woodward grew up develop a treatment plan.
outside Berwyn, though the family also had a farm in Sugartown. He graduated from See the Board Certified Allergists at
Conestoga High School, attending Temple University and finishing at Florida State.
He later returned to Temple for a master’s degree in logistical science and law.
Woodward recalls hosting as many as 600 guests at Greenwood Farm’s parties,
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hiring Tredyffrin police officers (his godfather was chief) to keep an eye on things. “If
Jay says it, it’s true,” says former Eagles middle linebacker Carl Gersbach, who grew up
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in Swarthmore and played seven years of pro football.
In 1970, his rookie season with the Eagles, Gersbach was one of four players
living at Greenwood. “I’ve always loved real estate, and I’m sure it was one of
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the attractions when I decided to rent a room at Greenwood,” says Gersbach, a AllergyAndAsthmaWellness.com
73-year-old senior vice president with CBRE, a commercial real estate firm in Radnor.
The tenants had “the run of the place,” says Woodward, who hunted the vast Offices located in King of Prussia,
grounds. “But I haven’t been back on West Valley Road in a million years.” Blue Bell, Collegeville, Center City
Subsequent reunion parties among renters lasted into the 1970s. “It became like an Philadelphia, Jenkintown, Lansdale,
informal fraternity,” says Woodward, who recalls a personal property auction at the Doylestown, Pottstown
farm in 1968 that netted over $12 million. “In the barn, a buddy of mine found a piece
of marble from Greece,” he says. “There were 200-300 pounds of sheet music.”
In an early exploration of the estate once he began renting, Woodward found an
original Canterbury Tales etching in the basement. Then valued at $8,000-$10,000,
it’s worth maybe $80,000 today. Woodward had it cleaned, and it drew attention over
the years. “I always told people it was a fake,” he says.
Years later, while living in West Chester, Woodward lost his treasure in a robbery.
“I loved that thing,” he says. —J.F.P.
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