Events & Programs
Dramatic Production: Laurel Hill Burial Ground Walk @ 11 am
Grey Towers National Historic Site 151 Grey Towers Drive, Milford, PennsylvaniaEnjoy a guided living historical walk through the Laurel Hill Burial grounds, Milford’s original town graveyard. Learn about Victorian funeral customs and how they relate to our lives today. Dramatic, first-person readings illustrate how those buried there helped shape the community. Meet at the Visitors’ Pavilion near the parking lot. Light refreshments will be provided.…
Dramatic Production: Laurel Hill Burial Ground Walk @ 2 pm
Grey Towers National Historic Site 151 Grey Towers Drive, Milford, PennsylvaniaEnjoy a guided living historical walk through the Laurel Hill Burial grounds, Milford’s original town graveyard. Learn about Victorian funeral customs and how they relate to our lives today. Dramatic, first-person readings illustrate how those buried there helped shape the community. Meet at the Visitors’ Pavilion near the parking lot. Light refreshments will be provided.…
Anniversary of Grey Towers recognized by National Registry of Historic Places
Grey Towers is the Richard Morris Hunt-designed Normanesque bluestone chateau that was built by James Pinchot in 1886 and was the ancestral home of Gifford Pinchot.
Black Bear Film Festival
Grey Towers National Historic Site 151 Grey Towers Drive, Milford, PennsylvaniaBlack Bear Film Festival documentary is scheduled for showing in the Letter Box. Details to come.
An Afternoon with Edgar Allan Poe @ 1 PM
Grey Towers National Historic Site 151 Grey Towers Drive, Milford, PennsylvaniaWe found books by Poe in the historic library, so what better way to mark Halloween than with this annual dramatic reading by the American Readers Theatre. Appropriate for ages 13 and up. A US Forest Service program with support from the Grey Towers Heritage Association. $20 for GTHA Members – Available Now, see…
An Afternoon with Edgar Allan Poe @ 4 PM
Grey Towers National Historic Site 151 Grey Towers Drive, Milford, PennsylvaniaWe found books by Poe in the historic library, so what better way to mark Halloween than with this annual dramatic reading by the American Readers Theatre. Appropriate for ages 13 and up. A US Forest Service program with support from the Grey Towers Heritage Association. $20 for GTHA Members – Available Now, see…
An Afternoon with Edgar Allan Poe @ 7 PM
Grey Towers National Historic Site 151 Grey Towers Drive, Milford, PennsylvaniaWe found books by Poe in the historic library, so what better way to mark Halloween than with this annual dramatic reading by the American Readers Theatre. Appropriate for ages 13 and up. A US Forest Service program with support from the Grey Towers Heritage Association. $20 for GTHA Members – Available Now, see…
Dramatic Reading of “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens
Grey Towers National Historic Site 151 Grey Towers Drive, Milford, PennsylvaniaDramatic readings were a popular form of entertainment when Grey Towers was occupied by the Pinchot family in the late 1800s through the mid-twentieth century. The US Forest Service and Grey Towers Heritage Association have re-created these literary programs with readings and dramatizations. For the past 42 years, the Plummer family has presented a dramatic…
Dramatic Reading of “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens @ 1 pm
Grey Towers National Historic Site 151 Grey Towers Drive, Milford, PennsylvaniaDramatic readings were a popular form of entertainment when Grey Towers was occupied by the Pinchot family in the late 1800s through the mid-twentieth century. The US Forest Service and Grey Towers Heritage Association have re-created these literary programs with readings and dramatizations. For the past 42 years, the Plummer family has presented a dramatic…
Dramatic Reading of “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens @ 6 pm
Grey Towers National Historic Site 151 Grey Towers Drive, Milford, PennsylvaniaDramatic readings were a popular form of entertainment when Grey Towers was occupied by the Pinchot family in the late 1800s through the mid-twentieth century. The US Forest Service and Grey Towers Heritage Association have re-created these literary programs with readings and dramatizations. For the past 42 years, the Plummer family has presented a dramatic…
Dramatic Reading of “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens
Grey Towers National Historic Site 151 Grey Towers Drive, Milford, PennsylvaniaDramatic readings were a popular form of entertainment when Grey Towers was occupied by the Pinchot family in the late 1800s through the mid-twentieth century. The US Forest Service and Grey Towers Heritage Association have re-created these literary programs with readings and dramatizations. For the past 42 years, the Plummer family has presented a dramatic…
Gifford Bryce Pinchot’s Birthday
The only child of Gifford and Cornelia was born Gifford Bryce Pinchot on December 22, 1915, in New York City. He spent much of his childhood at Grey Towers, fishing and romping with his friends in the “Bait Box”, a spacious and elaborate playhouse designed by the noted architect, Chester Aldrich, and built for him…
