AWBURY - Key Persons
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Landscape Committee Chair
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Membership & Development Manager
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- Member of the Board of Directors
Francis Reeve Cope was born June 6,1821, and died November 6,1909. He married Anna Stewardson Brown December 16,1847. She was born February 7, 1822, and died January 4, 1916. Francis attended Haverford College (1835-1838), was Director of the Insurance Company of North America (1864) and the Lehigh Valley Railroad and a member of Germantown Monthly Meeting. He was an Overseer of the William Penn Charter School for 33 years and played an instrumental part in the school's purchase of the Pinehurst tract in western Germantown in 1903, which led to the school's move from downtown in 1925. Francis R. Cope also served on the Boards of Bryn Mawr College, Friends Asylum and Haverford College.
The Francis Cope house is built of Wissahickon schist from a quarry on the side of Washington Lane opposite the house. The house is large and elegant, but not ostentatious. Francis' construction of the home reflects Quaker ideals of simplicity.
Interested in renting the Francis Cope House for your next celebration? Information can be found on our Event Rentals page.
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- Communications & Marketing Manager
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- Emeritus Member of the Board of Directors
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- Landscape Manager & Head Gardener
Henry Cope, a Philadelphia ship owner, bought forty acres of farmland in East Germantown near the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mary Cope and John Smith Haines. At that time, Germantown - which was not yet part of the City of Philadelphia - was largely undeveloped and an ideal place for country living.
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- Education Director
- Grants Manager
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Treasurer of the Board
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- Chairman of the Development Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Nature Programs Coordinator
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Emeritus Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Board Vice - Chair, Secretary Arts Advisory Committee Chair
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- DEIA Committee Chair
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Community Planning Committee Chair
Questions about the Board of Directors? Please contact Shanna Halpern at boardchair@awbury.org.
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- Cultural Programming & Rentals Manager
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- Member of the Board of Directors