He designed the elaborate Italian Renaissance sunken gardens south of Schwab's mansion to cascade down the steep hillside in a series of nine falls ending in three reflecting pools. While much of the original statuary was auctioned after Schwab's death in 1939 to pay his considerable debts, four pieces and many of Leavitt's horticultural ...

Charles Michael Schwab (February 18, 1862 – September 18, 1939) was an American steel magnate. Under his leadership, Bethlehem Steel became the second-largest steel maker in the United States, and one of the most important heavy manufacturers in the world.

Beautiful flower gardens, fountains, rock gardens, shrines, reflection ponds, and religious statues on the property of the Franciscan Friars. Former summer estate of Bethlehem Steel magnate Charles Schwab. Open to the public from dawn until dusk.

Mar 13, 2021 · The Mount Assisi Gardens in Loretto, Pennsylvania are located near St. Francis University and are centered around the summer home of steel magnate Charles Schwab. Find out everything you need to know to visit this great spot.

Charles Schwab’s Limestone Castle as viewed from the Sunken Gardens. A series of nine waterfalls cascade down the steep hill from the home, ending in three reflecting pools and a fountain in the gardens.

The Saint Francis Friary at Mount Assisi was once owned by Charles Schwab, who was the first president of the US Steel Corporation and later worked at Bethlehem Steel to lead them as the second largest steel maker in the US.

Dec 13, 2013 · His 44 room summer estate on 1,000 acres in Loretto called "Immergrün" (German for "evergreen") featured opulent gardens and a nine hole golf course. Today, the mansion house is part of Saint Francis College, as the Mount Assisi Friary.

Construction on a mansion for the then-relatively-obscure Charles M. Schwab, Assistant Superintendent of the Edgar Thomson Works in Braddock, PA, began in 1888. He would soon become Superintendent on the death of Captain Bill Jones, whose mansion still stands about a block away on Kirkpatrick Street.

The Monastery was originally constructed as the summer estate for Millionaire Industrialist, Charles M. Schwab, the so-called "Bethlehem Steel Magnet". The estate at that time was known as a Immergrun, which in German meaning, "always green." The construction of Immergrun was complete in 1919.

Schwab's mansion, built when he was only twenty-seven years old, sits high on a hill above the dreary streets of Braddock, the mill, and the Monongahela. The house, like Schwab's own persona, suggests a prince among the people.