Glen Foerd park is the grounds of the former estate of Robert H. Foerderer, proprietor of successful Vici Kid leather tannery, located on the banks of Delaware River and Poquessing Creek. The Grounds were donated by Foerderer's daughter Florence Tonner to the Lutheran Church in 1974. The mansion is an original Italinate house constructed circa 1850. The mansion was later enlarged with classical revival additions circa 1902. Also located on the grounds a stone and wood double gate house, a two story brick carriage house with arched openings; a sixty-foot-high "water tower"; a garden house a cottage; a three-level boat house with covered deck; a garden pool; a sunken tennis court; and a life sized statue of the Foerderer family dog. Remnants of three periods of landscape design exist in the Park: from the 1850s, the turn of the century, and the 1920 landscape by Thomas Sears. The house and grounds were nominated for entrance on National Historic Register in 1979. Attempts made by the original trustees, the Lutheran Church, to dispose of the property were denied in 1980s. Following the unsuccessful attempt by the original trustees to sell the property, Glen Foerd was awarded to the City of Philadelphia in 1984 as successor trustee. This same transfer also led to the creation of Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation, which under lease with Fairmount Park, is charged with maintaining and operating the estate "for the benefit of the Torresdale Community." Glen Foerd has been made available for wedding bookings and other catered events. The newly restored main gates are to be accessible by tour busses.