The News-Journal
October 12, 2007
Page C-8

"Stetson Mansion to open its doors once again Mansion lovingly restored to former glory"
CAMILLE DOLAN - CORRESPONDENT

Growing up in Newark, N.J.'s housing projects, JT Thompson wistfully thought of what it would be like to live in a mansion. Now he knows.

And he's about to show off his mansion, built for John Batterson Stetson in 1886, to the general public for the first time in many decades. The Philadelphia hatmaker's Victorian mansion will host a gala museum fundraiser Saturday, and a series of tours through December.

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