Outside Heidelberg-Kerlin Farm
Ellen Gartner stands outside a large dilapidated home once called Heidelberg at the corner of Ashbourne Road and Oak Lane Road in Cheltenham. The house sits on an overgrown seven acre lot filled with old growth trees. (Ron Tarver / Staff Photographer)
EDITORS NOTE: DAN RUBIN, RON TARVER, 8-11-10, 118034 Talk about your handyman’s special: A crumbling relic in Cheltenham is headed for sheriff’s sale this month. Nearly 6,000 square feet, built in four stages on almost 8 acres, it’s earliest stone center dates to 1694 on land sold by William Penn to a venerable Quaker and named Everard Bolton. Current owner of the place once called Heidelberg is a bankrupt 89-year-old woman who lives in an Iowa nursing home. Her family left the place to crumble 20+ year ago. We tour the wreck with a couple of local history buffs who fell for the place. And we talk with a man who remembers fondly when it was grand and his grandma’s. Reporter is Rubin, Dan. All names are cq.
From 2010-08-12 Inquirer article by Daniel Rubin “Love affair with a crumbling Cheltenham mansion”.
Heidelberg Kerlin Farm 
What a lovely place. So unbelievable how it is still standing! I pray for your efforts to save it, and possibly restore it. Just think, that land is untouched and very precious.
Best of Luck!