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Harry K. Thaw (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • SMR Labs said:
    This the guy above? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_K._Thaw
  • BobMeade said:
    Yep. That's him.
  • Infrogmation of New Orleans said:
    OMG! He killed Stanford White! You Bastard!

Thaw Home, Cresson (LOC)

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  • Rob Ketcherside said:
    Wow, this house has an amazing story. Love to hear more about the ghosts. Summer residence of Harry and Evelyn Thaw (below). I missed their stories in the previous LoC photos, click through or search for "Thaw" in the LoC photostream.
  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    I think the "haunted house" was a 20-room country home named Elmhurst Grange, located in Munster Township, PA [1] and also referred to as located in Loretto, PA [2] – both of which are next-door to the mis-captioned Cresson, PA.  Elmhurst was built by William and Mary Thaw, parents of Harry Thaw. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw reportedly stayed there a few times. The castle home in the above photograph was named Lyndhurst – the Gothic Revival home of William and Mary C. Thaw – and wasn't near Cresson, but was located at 1165 Beechwood Boulevard, in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh, PA.[3] [4]   William Thaw (1818-1889) was a founder of the Pennsylvania railroad. It was named "Lyndhurst" for a Tarrytown, N.Y., home owned by fellow railroad magnate Jay Gould.[5]  [See: "Gould's home, Tarrytown" /LOC]
    "It was designed by architect Theophilus Parsons Chandler, and construction began in 1887. William Thaw's widow, Mary Thaw, later sold part of the property to raise funds for her son Harry's legal defense. Harry K. Thaw was arrested for murdering prominent architect Stanford White in 1906." – Squirrel Hill - Images of America, The Squirrel Hill Historical Society, Arcadia Publishing, 2005.
    Lyndhurst was then bought by industrialist Emil Winter (1857-1941), a prominent banker and a founder of the Pittsburgh Steel Co., who extensively remodeled the home. Lyndhurst was demolished c.1942. [6]
  • Rob Ketcherside said:
    Thanks for the correction, @Pixel Wrangler. So the title of the photo is incorrect!

Thaw Leaving Court -- Jul 1915 (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • Out to Lunch said:
    I want these hats back!
  • Trees n stuff said:
    Great photo!
  • Northern Pike said:
    Madman cometh!
  • Al said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Kendall_Thaw
  • Art Siegel said:
    In July, 1915, Thaw had a jury trial solely on the issue of his present sanity, bearing on whether he would be returned to the Matteawan State Hospital from which he had escaped 2 years earlier.
    The trial was in the Tweed Courthouse, still standing on Chambers Street. This picture is more likely to be Thaw heading to court, rather than leaving, as it looks like he is on Centre and Chambers, walking toward the courthouse.
    That would put it in front of the Manhattan Municipal Building, which has an arched pathway through its center.
    www.nyc.gov/html/dcas/html/resources/man_munibldg.shtml

    The spot in July, 2011 via Google Street View:
    maps.google.com/maps?q=51+chambers+street,+nyc&ll=40....


    See notes under:
    Thaw Trial -- crowd outside court (LOC)

    Reflecting further, I suppose he could be on the presumably identical inside of the passageway, therefore heading away from court.