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 After Harry Byron made his fortune in the tanning trades, he
dreamed of building a magnificent private estate of lasting elegance
and quality. In 1909, Harry and his wife, Ione, embarked upon this
quest and created Prospect, a stately 20,000-square-foot
During your stay, notice the quality work and attention to detail throughout the elegant brick mansion. Decorative tile, oak flooring, double-curving wrought-iron balustrades, scagliola columns, and the mahogany and chestnut paneling are all original to the house. Along with their three sons, Vaughn, James, and Tidd, the Byrons lived - grandly - in this resplendent home until 1953, when the house was sold and became The Mercersburg Inn. Take a moment to stroll through the Gold Room - off the grand entryway - where photographic portraits of the Byrons (circa 1917) hang in tribute. 
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Georgian mansion on six and a half acres of terraced lawns.
Originally featuring 40 closets (commissioned by the socially astute
Ione), the house proclaimed the Byrons' status to all. Closets were
taxed as rooms back then - and only the absolute wealthiest could
afford 40!