Virtual Walking Tour of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
The Talleyrand Park Citizens Committee
Bellefonte Historical and Cultural Association

Stop 23.  Reynolds Mansion

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Located on the corner of Allegheny and Linn Streets, the Reynolds Mansion was built in 1883 and 1884 for Major William F Reynolds.  The building is primarily in Queen Anne style, with towers and overall asymmetry, but with Gothic Revival tones in the use of stone, steeply-pitched roofs, and gables, and Italianate influences in the tall, narrow windows and the prominent eave brackets.  The thirty-room interior features ornate fireplaces, parquet floors, and stained glass windows.  Its construction of red sandstone required twenty Italian stone-masons and an army of other artisans. Someone even fashioned a workable central heating system fueled by additional fireplaces in the basement.  A two-story carriage house was added in 1893.  Later, the house became the home of Col. W Fred Reynolds, who was instrumental in locating the Diamond wooden match company in Bellefonte.  Once a church, it fell into disrepair but was restored by private owners, and more recently has been turned into into a very popular bed and breakfast.  Photo courtesy of the innkeepers, Mike and Tricia Andriaccio.

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