Editing Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania (section)

=== Bryn Athyn Historic District ===
The [[Bryn Athyn Historic District]], a [[National Historic Landmark District]], includes four historic buildings:

* [[Cairnwood|Cairnwood Estate]] was built as a family home for the industrialist [[John Pitcairn Jr.|John Pitcairn]]<ref name="NYTimes obit">{{Citation | title = John Pitcairn | newspaper = [[The New York Times]] | pages = 17 | date = 23 Jul 1916 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1916/07/23/archives/john-pitcairn.html }}
</ref> and his wife Gertrude. The building was designed by renowned architectural firm [[Carrère and Hastings]], and the surrounding grounds were designed by Charles Eliot of the landscape design firm [[Olmsted, Olmsted and Eliot]]. The building was eventually donated to the Academy of the New Church, and now serves as a special events facility.
* [[Bryn Athyn Cathedral]] serves as the episcopal seat of the [[General Church of the New Jerusalem]], an international [[Swedenborgianism|Swedenborgian]] church. Bryn Athyn Cathedral, built in the early 20th century, is renowned for its stained glass collection and for its unusual architecture, which follows the [[Arts and Crafts movement|arts and crafts tradition]]. Its construction was financed by John Pitcairn, and supervised by his son, [[Raymond Pitcairn]].<ref name="dynasty">{{Citation | last1 = Jaffe | first1 = Dennis T. | last2 = Jungé | first2 = Dirk | last3 = Paul | first3 = Joseph | title = Reinventing a family dynasty | journal = Family Business Magazine | issue = Winter | year = 2004 | url = http://www.dennisjaffe.com/articles/PitcairnFamily.pdf | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090106042717/http://www.dennisjaffe.com/articles/PitcairnFamily.pdf | archive-date = 2009-01-06 }}</ref>
* [[Glencairn Museum|Glencairn]] was originally the private residence of millionaire philanthropist Raymond Pitcairn. The castle-like building now serves the Academy of the New Church and Bryn Athyn College as Glencairn Museum, housing a collection of mostly religious artwork and artifacts from around the world and is open to the public.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Bryn Athyn Historic District|last=Gyllenhaal, Charles Edward|date=2011|publisher=Arcadia Pub|isbn=9780738574325|oclc=694396712}}</ref>
* Cairncrest was built as a home for John Pitcairn's son, [[Harold Pitcairn]], an aviation pioneer and developer of the [[autogyro]]. The building now serves as the central administrative offices for the General Church of the New Jerusalem.