According to the travel website Explore, Grey Towers Castle in Glenside and Lynnewood Hall in Elkins Park are among the largest mansions in the country.

Grey Towers Castle, which is 66,381 square feet, came in at #18 on their list. From Explore’s description:

Grey Towers was constructed in 1893 as the estate of sugar magnate William Welsh Harrison. In 1929, two years after Harrison’s death, Arcadia University purchased Grey Towers from the Harrison family for $712,500. The castle is a multi-use building on Arcadia’s beautiful college campus. Select freshmen are even allowed to live inside.

Lynnewood Hall, 70,000 square feet, ranked #16. From their description:

Constructed in 1900 for Philadelphia businessman Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall has been left vacant for over a decade. Widener’s son and grandson died in the Titanic’s 1912 sinking, and Widener died three years later. An avid art collector, Widener donated his collection, valued at $10,000,000, to the National Art Gallery in Washington, D.C.

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Photos: LHPF, Arcadia University