TREE-MENDOUS
Spotlight on one specific tree at Oakwell: a white oak (Quercus alba, or in the Lenape language, wipunkòkw) that towers over the historically significant greenhouse complex designed before 1903 by noted architect Frank Miles Day and shades the centerpiece of Stoneleigh’s WWI-era gardening and horticultural training program for young women (Oakwell was carved out of Stoneleigh between 1919-1922). In the above photo, a 1903 view of the then 130-year-old white oak outside the greenhouse complex (B&W photo to the left) To the right, is the current view of the same oak tree, now 250-years-old outside the greenhouse complex.
THE OLDER THE BETTER
Quercus rubra
(Red Oak)
Circumference (inches): 206
Spread (feet): 86
Height (feet): 115
Points: 342
Address: 1835 County Line Rd., Villanova PA 19085
measuring Crew: Aaron Greenberg
Original Nominator: Brice Dorwart
Comments: Oakwell Estate; far back, behind tennis court
Measuring Technique: ENTS
GPS: -75.3372210, 40.0443932
Year Nominated: 2022
Date Last Measured: 2022
Liriodendron tulipifera
(Tulip Poplar)
Circumference (inches): 161
Spread (feet): 63
Height (feet):
Address: 1835 County Line Rd., Villanova PA 19085 (OAKWELL)
measuring Crew: Aaron Greenberg
Original Nominator: Brice Dorwart
Comments: Oakwell Estate; north property line by main house
Measuring Technique: ENTS
GPS: -75.3401043, 40.0440241
Year Nominated: 2022
Date Last Measured: 2022