Notes for: William Budd Bodine, Jr.
Ronny sent me a link on the house once owned by William Budd Bodine at 2168 Bodine Road in Malvern, PA. It was on sale for $1,199,000! The real estate ad said the following:
Stunning Chester County Stone Manor
Expansive yard and gorgeous trees highlight the exterior beauty of this historic haven!
WELCOME PONIES, PUPPIES AND PLANTERS! Your dream historic property: 13.67 conserved acres,perfect for your 2- and 4-legged friends, Pigeon Run Farm featuring The Bodine House on Bodine Road. 1780s Chester County farmhouse with 2' thick stone walls, massive beams and hand-sawn random-width floors has oversized rooms and high ceilings; in 1912 Wm. Bodine added 2 splendid additions producing an exquisite 4,840+/- sq.ft. home with full basement and stand-up attic. A meticulous restoration has artfully blended priceless, authentic features with modern refinements. Beautifully-preserved living/great room with beamed ceiling, chestnut floors, and huge walk-in stone fireplace/swing-out iron cooking crane, is adjacent to the original formal dining room/fireplace with Adams-style mantel and in-the-wall bible box.
From Ronny Bodine:
William Bodine earned a A.B. from Kenyon College in 1890, a LLB from the University of Pennsylvania in 1896 and a LL.D. in 1936. He was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1896 and served as senior partner of the law firm of Pepper, Bodine, Frick, Sheetz and Hamilton. In 1912, he purchased Pigeon Run Farm in Charleston Township, Chester County where he lived in the summer months and in the winter months lived in Philadelphia with his sisters Elizabeth and Alice. In 1920, he was living in Philadelphia, engaged in the legal practice, and head of a household that included his 79 year old mother, his spinster sisters Alice, 47 and Elizabeth, 51 and his nephews William, 12 and Robert, 7, the sons of his brother Allen. See "Who Was Who in America," III: 86.
Newspaper Obituary, The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pa.) of Thursday, 1 Dec 1955.
William B. Bodine, of Pigeon Run Farm, Malvern, a member of the law firm of Pepper, Bodine, Frick, Scheetz and Hamilton, died yesterday at his home. He was 86. Mr. Bodine was born in Baltimore and was graduated from Kenyon College, Ohio, in 1890, and from the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1896. He received an honorary doctorate in law at Kenyon in 1936. He was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1896. Mr. Bodine was a member of the American, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations. He also belonged to the Midday Club and the Rittenhouse Club. He is survived by three sisters, Elizabeth and Alice Bodine, both of Malvern, and Margaret L. Bodine, of the Barclay, and a brother, Hugh Bodine, of Malvern. Funeral services will be held privately.