Career
In 1878 he paid $53,500 for forty acres in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. In 1879, Taylor had begun to give physical shape to his idea for a women"s college. He was involved in the planning of the practical and conceptual aspects of the new institution, including the selection of a site, an architect, and a landscape designer.
Among the practical considerations for the final site selection were the location"s healthfulness and proximity to the railroad, Haverford College, and Philadelphia.
The original campus, a small segment of the Thomas-Humphries Tract and part of a larger property deeded by William Penn to Edward Pritchard and Company in 1682, comprised thirty-two acres between Merion, Roberts, Gulph and Yarrow roads. By 1893, the Board of Directors had expanded from the Quaker focus to make the college non-denominational.
I have been impressed with the need of such a place for the advanced education of our young female Friends, and to have all the advantages of a College education which are so freely offered to young mentor
