Cynthia Szoradi

Push to Talk

Villanova - Realty

A lovely Main Line community and college town, Villanova sits along Route 30 in Delaware County, offering a contemporary blend of shopping, dining, entertainment and cultural facilities. The town provides great transportation, such as local commuter rail, high speed trolley, and bus services, as well as convenient access to Philadelphia via Routes 320 and 476.

Villanova features prime real estate with a beautiful setting for majestic estate homes. It has a business-friendly environment, a wonderful intellectual environment, and great healthcare and government facilities.

Located at the southwestern corner of the Lower Merion Township, Villanova gets its name from the university it surrounds. Old Gulf Road, one of the town’s most interesting heritages, was once used as an Indian Trail. Its milestones, set in place by William Penn, bore the design of Penn’s coat of arms on their back. The famed road was used by local farmers to convey their produce to Philadelphia. Among the town’s oldest standing buildings, the Green Tree Hotel has been at the intersection of Spring Mill Road since the days of the revolution. Now a private dwelling, it stands a symbol of the town’s history.

The “Parsons-Banks Arboretum” is one of the Villanova’s most popular attractions. First built by Moro Phillips, a wealthy chemical manufacturer, the house and 800-acre estate includes several farms and old farmhouses west of Spring Hill Road. In 1925, the house and its gardens underwent a modern redesign by architect Richard Brognard Okie. Bequeathed by Mrs. Louis H. Parsons to Lower Merion Township in 1973, the newly named “Parsons-Banks Arboretum” offers visitors the chance to experience early valuable furnishings, verdant greenhouses, and the ground’s breathtaking landscape.

Today, prospective home buyers can chose between smaller, more practical homes, or larger estate houses with swimming pools and tennis courts. With its fine educational facilities and its grand estates, Villanova is one of the Main Line’s prime real-estate regions.