Re: The House on the Hill that inspired The Mansion

feeds@yuku.com (tregnier) — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:29:59 GMT

Dan Olson wrote:
IMO, it's a little silly to keep talking about Harry Packer or the John Hopkins Evergreen House, going over them with magnifying glasses and muttering about influence. That stuff got blown out of the water when it was discovered that there was a volume in the WED library with pictures of the Shipley-Lydecker house in Baltimore and this one:

Re: The House on the Hill that inspired The Mansion

feeds@yuku.com (Capt Quirk) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:36:27 GMT
I can definitely see where they drew from more than one house. A little of this one, a little of that one... a little from House on Haunted Hill...

Re: The House on the Hill that inspired The Mansion

feeds@yuku.com (ghostpirateskeleton) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:33:15 GMT
Perhaps we'll never know the whole story. :0)

As a kid, it was a real thrill for me to discover an association between a place where my Dad snuck into as a kid, and Disney's Haunted Mansion! Any association at all was cool by me. :0)

Cheers, JOHN :0)

PS Nice pic, but hey, all these mansion's look alike after a while... Just kidding, all you architects out there. ;0)

Re: The House on the Hill that inspired The Mansion

feeds@yuku.com (Dan Olson) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:21:16 GMT
IMO, it's a little silly to keep talking about Harry Packer or the John Hopkins Evergreen House, going over them with magnifying glasses and muttering about influence. That stuff got blown out of the water when it was discovered that there was a volume in the WED library with pictures of the Shipley-Lydecker house in Baltimore and this one:

That's obviously...

Re: The House on the Hill that inspired The Mansion

feeds@yuku.com (tregnier) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:59:19 GMT

ghostpirateskeleton wrote:
Good point! What's the model all about?

I'm not an architect, but the Harry Packer mansion, or manor as I believe it was once called, served as inspiration for the Disney World Mansion... The Mansion was never an exact copy, since we all know Imagineers are going to 'up' whatever they get their hands on. :0)

Personally, I can see some resemblance, and...

Re: The House on the Hill that inspired The Mansion

feeds@yuku.com (Capt Quirk) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:40:07 GMT
Likely there was one like you, who grew up in that area.

Re: The House on the Hill that inspired The Mansion

feeds@yuku.com (ghostpirateskeleton) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:45:43 GMT
Good point! What's the model all about?

I'm not an architect, but the Harry Packer mansion, or manor as I believe it was once called, served as inspiration for the Disney World Mansion... The Mansion was never an exact copy, since we all know Imagineers are going to 'up' whatever they get their hands on. :0)

Personally, I can see some resemblance, and inspiration, and can admire the additions and expansions the Imagineers added, all to make The Mansion...

Re: The House on the Hill that inspired The Mansion

feeds@yuku.com (tregnier) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:10:43 GMT

Despite the WDW Mansion and the Harry Packer Mansion being of entirely dissimilar styles, the Asa Packer Mansion has some details quite reminiscent of the the Disneyland Mansion (most quite characteristic of both the Georgian and Italianate styles).

Re: The House on the Hill that inspired The Mansion

feeds@yuku.com (The Ghost Host) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:45:53 GMT
I agree that the Harry Packer Mansion, and his father's mansion Asa Packer's are both beautiful places. I only live about 2 hours away from them and love going on the Asa mansion's tour about once a year. It's a beautiful mansion with a parlor, library, dining room, women's parlor, kitchen and pantry, two master bedrooms, servants quarters, and guest rooms. It's quite an impressive place to tour and I highly recommend it.

Here's some pictures I took of...

Re: The House on the Hill that inspired The Mansion

feeds@yuku.com (Capt Quirk) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:26:07 GMT
The one in WDW of course! I love the style of it way more than the colonial.

Re: The House on the Hill that inspired The Mansion

feeds@yuku.com (ghostpirateskeleton) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:13:57 GMT
Ahoy, Captain! The house was for sale, but was taken off the market. I believe the price was in the millions, or I would have seriously considered it. :0)

Send me any Civil War relics or arrowheads you dig up in that Georgian red clay, please. And plant some peach trees, huh? I hear Georgia has a shortage of them. :0)

As for the hydraulic ram, maybe you can have a 'sunken living room', instead? Sorry, bad joke. :0)

Good luck with your Mansion! Which...

Re: The House on the Hill that inspired The Mansion

feeds@yuku.com (Capt Quirk) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:41:16 GMT
That house was up for sale too I believe. Of course, we are in the process of buying 25 acres in Georgia, and I plan on using the abundant red clay to make bricks, and build my own HM, only 2 stories with a basement though. No stretch room, the hydraulic ram would cost a fortune!

Re: The House on the Hill that inspired The Mansion

feeds@yuku.com (ghostpirateskeleton) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:31:07 GMT
It is very beautiful, especially when the wisteria are in bloom all across the front porch. If I can find those pics, I'll post them.

I'm moving far away from the mansion, but it's a bed and breakfast now, so maybe I'll stay there when I return? I'm quite sensitive to spirits, so if they're still hanging around, I'll let you know :0)

JOHN :0)

Re: The House on the Hill that inspired The Mansion

feeds@yuku.com (gothikrose01 ) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:22:23 GMT
Thank you for sharing the photograph. This mansion is so very beautiful, and if haunted, what a bonus! I would love to visit.

Re: The House on the Hill that inspired The Mansion

feeds@yuku.com (ghostpirateskeleton) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:19:24 GMT
There were some ghost stories, but unfortunately I don't remember them. The place has been there for 150 years, so you just know it has its share of history. :0)

I'll let you know if I can get Dad to tell me the stories. Meanwhile, here's another photo!

Cheers, JOHN :0)

Re: The House on the Hill that inspired The Mansion

feeds@yuku.com (pathsofdarkness) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:02:08 GMT
Very cool. Definitely looks worht a visit. Any cool ghost stories from here?

The House on the Hill that inspired The Mansion

feeds@yuku.com (ghostpirateskeleton) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:01:39 GMT

As promised elsewhere, I am uploading photos of the mansion that inspired The Mansion... the Harry Packer mansion in Pennsylvania that Jason Surrel mentioned in his Haunted Mansion book. I grew up heaing about this mansion before I learned about Disney's Haunted Mansion, so you can imagine my joy at discovering the connection between the two!

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