Graystone - Abram Francis Huston House

Graystone Mansion, Coatesville's most architecturally significant residence, was built in 1889 by Abram Francis Huston, a grandson of Rebecca Lukens, in the same year he married Alice Calley. Huston, who succeeded his father, Dr. Charles Huston, as president of the Lukens Iron & Steel Company in 1897, lived there until his death in 1930. Philadelphia architects Cope & Stewardson designed Graystone and its matching carriage house in the Collegiate Gothic style for which the firm is famous. Its stately stone-and-slate exterior is matched by an interior of fine wood beams, carved panels, and decorative mantels, set amid a spacious lawn with specimen trees. Sold to the city of Coatesville in 1938, Graystone served as City Hall from 1939 until 1992. Despite its long use as a municipal office, it remains largely intact, and the Graystone Society acquired the property in 1995 and began restoring the mansion and its grounds.

Coatesville, Pennsylvania · United States