National Register of Historical Places - PENNSYLVANIA (PA), Philadelphia County

Awbury Historic District (added 2001 - - #01000462)

Roughly bounded by Chew Ave., Avonhoe Rd., Devon PL., Haines and Ardleigh Sts. and Arboretum boundary , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

multiple

Architectural Style:

Italian Villa, Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Conservation, Architecture, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence,Domestic,Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Animal Facility, Garden, Park, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Health Care, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Conservation Area, Garden, Multiple Dwelling, Park, Sanatorium, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Brewerytown Historic District (added 1991 - - #91000096)

Roughly bounded by 30th St., Girard Ave., 32nd St. and Glenwood Ave. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Decker,William

Architectural Style:

Other, Romanesque, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local,Private

Historic Function:

Domestic,Education,Industry/Processing/Extraction,Social

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Meeting Hall, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Warehouse

Broad Street Historic District (added 1984 - - #84003529)

Also known as See Also:NR Ref nos.:79002331;78002450;78002451;71000733;770

Roughly bounded by Juniper, Cherry, 15th, and Pine Sts. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Other, Beaux Arts, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Education, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1975-2000, 1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

State,Local,Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Government,Social

Historic Sub-function:

City Hall, Financial Institution, Organizational, Professional

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Education, Government, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

City Hall, Financial Institution, Organizational, Professional

Budd, Edward G., Manufacturing Company (added 2007 - - #07001328)

Also known as The Budd Company

2450 W Hunting Park Rd. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Business

Callowhill Industrial Historic District (added 2010 - - #10000403)

Roughly bounded by Pearl St, N Broad St, Hamilton St, and the Reading Railroad Viaduct , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et al., Steele, William & Sons

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Early Commercial

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Commerce, Engineering, Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private,Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic,Funerary,Industry/Processing/Extraction,Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Manufacturing Facility, Mortuary, Rail-Related, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Business, Parking Lot, Religious Structure, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Warehouse

Center City West Commercial Historic District (added 1988 - - #87002203)

Also known as See Also:83002281;82001543;78002454;83002280;83004247;others

Roughly bounded by Chestnut, Fifteenth, Walnut, Sansom & Twenty-first Sts. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Modern Movement, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local,Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Education, Recreation And Culture

Center City West Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2009 - - #09000388)

Roughly bounded by the Center City West Historic District, S. 15th St., Locust St. and S. Sydenham St. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Rothschild, LeRoy Berman

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business

Chestnut Hill Historic District (added 1985 - - #85001334)

Also known as See Also:82003806;78002445;79002318;72001151;7700184;Thomas

Roughly bounded by Fairmount Park and Montgomery Co. Line , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Early Republic, Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture, Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Local,Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Clinton Street Historic District (added 1972 - - #72001148)

Also known as See also:Lesley, J. Peter, House NHL

Bounded by 9th, 11th, Pine, and Cypress Sts. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Social

Current Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Cobbs Creek Automobile Suburb Historic District (added 1998 - - #98001366)

Roughly bounded by Cobbs Creek Parkway, Spruce St., 62nd St., and Angora St. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wilson, E.A., et.al.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local,Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic,Social

Historic Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Financial Institution, Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Social

Current Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Financial Institution, Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Colonial Germantown Historic District (added 1966 - - #66000678)

Also known as Germantown;See Also:Cliveden;Independence National Historica

Germantown Ave. between Windrim Ave. and Upsal St. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Federal, Georgian, Colonial

Area of Significance:

European, Industry, Religion, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699

Owner:

Local,Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic,Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Business, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Colonial Germantown Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1987 - - #87001239)

Also known as Germantown Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase);See

6500--7600 blks. of Germantown Ave. from Ft. Washington branch of PA RR to Sharpnack St. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Late Victorian, Colonial

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

State,Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Compton and Bloomfield (added 1978 - - #78002445)

Also known as Morris Arboretum

9414 Meadowbrook Ave. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Eyre,Wilson,Jr.,et al., Chandler,Theophilus P.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Late Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic,Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Educational Related Housing, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Education, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park, Research Facility, Single Dwelling

Dobson Mills (added 1988 - - #88001214)

4001--4041 Ridge Ave.; 33502--3530 Scott's La. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Lockwood,Greene & Co.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Warehouse

Drexel Development Historic District (added 1982 - - #82001546)

Roughly bounded by Pine, Delancy, 39th and 40th Sts. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hewitt,G.W. & W. D., Sloan,Samuel

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Other, Second Empire

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Dropsie University Complex (added 1975 - - #75001661)

Broad and York Sts. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Pilcher,Lewis F. & Tachau,W.T.

Architectural Style:

Beaux Arts, Renaissance

Historic Person:

Dropsie,Moses Aaron

Significant Year:

1909, 1911, 1914

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education,Religion

Historic Sub-function:

College, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Education, Religion

Current Sub-function:

College, Religious Structure

Druim Moir Historic District (added 1979 - - #79002318)

Also known as Houston Estate Historic District

Bounded by Fairmount Park, Cherokee St., Hartwell Lane and Valley Green Rd. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

McGoodwin,Robert Rodes, Hewitt,G.W. & W.D.

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Other, Shingle Style

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local,Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Education

Current Sub-function:

School, Single Dwelling

East Center City Commercial Historic District (added 1984 - - #84003531)

Also known as Center City;Downtown Philadelphia;See Also:82003808;et al.

Roughly bounded by 6th, Juniper, Market and Locust Sts. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture, Communications

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Federal,Local,Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Restaurant, Single Dwelling

Elfreth's Alley Historic District (added 1966 - - #66000681)

Between 2nd and Front Sts. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Colonial

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Fairmount Avenue Historic District (added 2002 - - #02000066)

Fairmount Ave., Melon St., North St., 15th St., 16th St., and 17th St. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Baker and Dallett

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Modern Movement

Area of Significance:

Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local,Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic,Industry/Processing/Extraction,Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Professional, Road-Related, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Health Care, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Clinic, Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Road-Related, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Fairmount Park (added 1972 - - #72001151)

Also known as See Also:Chamounix;Cliffs;76001622;Hatfield House;Memorial H

Both banks of Schuylkill River and Wissahickon Creek, from Spring Garden St. to Northwestern Ave. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Olmstead & Vaux et al., Copeland,Robert Morris

Architectural Style:

Federal, Colonial Revival, Georgian

Area of Significance:

Conservation, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1800-1824

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic,Government,Landscape,Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Conservation Area, Museum, Park, Public Works, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Park

Fairmount Water Works (added 1976 - - #76001662)

E banks of Schuylkill River , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Graff,Frederick

Architectural Style:

Other, Mid 19th Century Revival

Area of Significance:

Economics, Art, Military, Transportation, Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction,Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Energy Facility, Park, Water Works

Current Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Energy Facility, Park, Water Works

Fisher's Lane (added 1980 - - #80003611)

Also known as East Logan St.

E. Logan St. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Second Empire

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Social History

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Fort Mifflin (added 1970 - - #70000554)

Also known as Mud Island Fort;Old Fort Mifflin

Marina and Penrose Ferry Rds. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

L'Enfant,Pierre

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Military

Period of Significance:

1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Fortification

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

Founder's Hall, Girard College (added 1969 - - #69000158)

Corinthian and Girard Aves. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Girard,Stephen

Significant Year:

1848

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

Frankford Arsenal (added 1972 - - #72001153)

Also known as US Arsenal at Frankford

Tacony and Bridge Sts. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Science, Engineering, Military, Invention

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense,Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Arms Storage, Manufacturing Facility, Military Facility

Current Function:

Defense, Education

Current Sub-function:

Military Facility, Research Facility

Friends Hospital (added 1999 - - #99000629)

Also known as Friend's Asylum For The Insane

4641 Roosevelt Boulevard , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History, Health/Medicine

Cultural Affiliation:

Scattergood, William, Hutton, Addison, Tuke, William

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Hospital

Current Function:

Health Care

Current Sub-function:

Hospital

Garden Court Historic District (added 1984 - - #84003539)

Also known as See Also:Garden Court Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Roughly bounded by Larchwood Ave., 46th, 50th, and Pine Sts. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Siegal,Clarence, Multiple

Architectural Style:

Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Garden Court Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1986 - - #86000314)

Also known as See Also:Garden Court Historic District

4526--4534 and 4537--4539 Osage Ave. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Stetler & Deysher

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

Girard Avenue Historic District (added 1985 - - #85003427)

1415--2028 Girard Ave. and 1700 blk. of Thompson St. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Durang,E.F.

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Beaux Arts

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local,Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Haddington Historic District (added 1988 - - #88001832)

6000 blks. of Market, Ludlow and Chestnut , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local,Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Head House Square (added 1972 - - #72001158)

Both sides of the 400 block of S. 2nd St. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Van Arkel & Moss, Haviland,John

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store

Independence National Historical Park (added 1966 - - #66000683)

Also known as See Also:First Bank of the United States;Second Bank of the

Bounded by Walnut, 6th, Chestnut, and 2nd Sts. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering, Event, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Strickland,William

Architectural Style:

Federal, Georgian, Colonial

Historic Person:

Douglass, Frederick

Significant Year:

1774, 1776, 1824

Area of Significance:

Economics, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Politics/Government, Social History, Black, Law, Invention, Religion, Architecture

Cultural Affiliation:

Underground Railroad

Period of Significance:

1975-2000, 1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1900-1750 AD

Owner:

Mixed

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic,Government,Landscape,Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Capitol, City Hall, Financial Institution, Single Dwelling, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)

Current Function:

Domestic, Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Monument/Marker, Museum, Park, Single Dwelling, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)

Lower North Philadelphia Speculative Housing Historic District (added 1999 - - #99000325)

Also known as Cecil B. Moore Redevelopment Area

Roughly bounded by N. 15th St., Sydenham St., N. 16th St., Montgomery Av., N. 19th St. Jefferson St., Willington St. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hale, Willis, Lonsdate, Thomas, et al.

Architectural Style:

Gothic, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local,Private

Historic Function:

Domestic,Education,Education,Recreation And Culture,Religion,Social

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Museum, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Business, Correctional Facility, Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Museum, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Manayunk Main Street Historic District (added 1983 - - #83002274)

Roughly bounded by Reading RR, Flat Rock Dam, Schuylkill River, and Lot 4025 Main St. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Economics, Architecture, Commerce, Transportation, Industry, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local,Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic,Industry/Processing/Extraction,Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Business, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

North Broad Street Mansion District (added 1985 - - #85000674)

Roughly bounded by Broad, Jefferson, Willington, and Oxford Sts. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., MacArthur,John,Jr.

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local,Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Northern Liberties Historic District (added 1985 - - #85003471)

Also known as See Also:Integrity Title Insurance, Trust and Safe Deposit C

Roughly bounded by Brown, Boone and Galloway, Green and Wallace, and Fifth and Sixth Sts. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic,Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Business, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling

Old City Historic District (added 1972 - - #72000093)

Also known as See Also:Independence National Historical Park

Old city area including parts of Washington Square East Development Area and Franklin Square East Development Area , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Religion, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699

Owner:

Federal,Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic,Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Financial Institution, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Warehouse

Old Germantown Academy And Headmasters' Houses (added 1972 - - #72001168)

Schoolhouse Lane and Greene St. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic,Education

Historic Sub-function:

School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

School

Overbrook Farms (added 1985 - - #85000690)

Roughly bounded by City Line Ave., 58th St., Woodbine Ave. and 64th St. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Keen & Mead

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Parkside Historic District (added 1983 - - #83004248)

Also known as Parkside

Bounded by Penn-Central RR track, 38th St., Girard, Parksid nd Belmont Aves. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Newman,Frederick, Hale,Willis G.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Peale, Charles Willson, House (added 1966 - - #66000687)

Also known as Belfield

2100 Clarkson Ave. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Peale,Charles Willson

Significant Year:

1810, 1820

Area of Significance:

Art

Period of Significance:

1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Pennsylvania Institute for the Deaf and Dumb (added 1985 - - #85000999)

Also known as Pennsylvania School for the Deaf

7500 Germantown Ave. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Cope & Stewartson, Wilson Bros.

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

Educational Related Housing, School

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

Educational Related Housing, School

Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Historic District (added 1999 - - #99001579)

Also known as Naval Base Philadelphia

S. Broad St. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Peary, Robert E., Karcher & Smith

Architectural Style:

Modern Movement, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Military, Architecture, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Naval Facility

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Defense, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Business, Naval Facility, Water-Related

Powelton Historic District (added 1985 - - #85000998)

Also known as Powelton Village

Roughly bounded by Brandywine St., 32nd to 39th Sts. and Lancaster Ave. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry, Commerce, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local,Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Ramcat Historic District (added 1986 - - #86000055)

Also known as Schuylkill Historic District

Roughly bounded by Market, Twenty-third, and Bainbridge Sts., and RR yards , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Federal, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

European, Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local,Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic,Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling

Rittenhouse Historic District (added 1983 - - #83002277)

Roughly bounded by Waverly, 15th, Sanson, Ludlow, 23rd and 25th Sts. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Local,Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic,Landscape,Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Park, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Business, Park, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

RittenhouseTown Historic District (added 1992 - - #92001878)

206--210 Lincoln Dr. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Person, Event

Historic Person:

Rittenhouse,David

Significant Year:

1690, 1732

Area of Significance:

Science, Industry

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence,Domestic,Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Manufacturing Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, Single Dwelling

Sansom Row (added 1977 - - #77001190)

3402--3436 Sansom St. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Cochran,John

Architectural Style:

Second Empire

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Society Hill Historic District (added 1971 - - #71000065)

Also known as Washington Square East Redevelopment Area;See Also:71000723;

Bounded on the N by Walnut St., on the S by Lombard St., on the E by pier line of Delaware River, and on the W by 8th , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Federal, Georgian

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1650-1699

Owner:

Federal,Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic,Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Museum, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Society Hill Historic District (Boundary Decrease) (added 1987 - - #71001102)

Also known as See Also:Society Hill Historic District

Front St. to Eighth St. between Walnut and Pine Sts. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local,Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Water-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Water-Related

South Front Street Historic District (added 1972 - - #72001171)

Also known as Southwark:See Also:Irish,Nathaniel,House;Moore,Capt.Thomas,H

700--712 S. Front St., W side Bainbridge St. to Kenilworth St. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Irish,Nathaniel, Smith,Samuel

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Local,Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Restaurant, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Southwark District (added 1972 - - #72001172)

Also known as See Also:Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church National Historic S

Bounded by Delaware, Washington Aves., 5th, Lombard, Front, and Catherine Sts. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic,Religion

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Spring Garden District (added 1978 - - #78002455)

Also known as See Also:Bergdoll Mansion;Spring Garden District (Boundary I

Roughly bounded by Fairmount Ave., 15th, 24th, Mt. Vernon and Spring Garden Sts. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Spring Garden District (Boundary Increase) (added 1983 - - #83002279)

Also known as See Also:Spring Garden District

Roughly bounded by Fairmount, Mt. Vernon, 15th and 19th Sts. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple, Randolph & Parry

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local,Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic,Education

Historic Sub-function:

Business, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education

Current Sub-function:

Business, School, Single Dwelling

Strickland, William, Row (added 1977 - - #77001192)

215--227 S. 9th St. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Historic Person:

Strickland,William

Significant Year:

1815, 1819, 1829

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

Tulpehocken Station Historic District (added 1985 - - #85003564)

Roughly bounded by McCallum St., W. Walnut Ln., Penn Central RR tracks, and W. Tulpehocken , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture, Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic,Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Rail-Related, Single Dwelling

University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District (added 1978 - - #78002457)

Also known as See Also:College Hall, University of Pennsylvania

Roughly bounded by Hamilton Walk, South, 32nd, Walnut, 36th, Spruce, and 39th Sts. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Tudor Revival, Late Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

Upper Roxborough Historic District (added 2001 - - #01000463)

Roughly bounded by Shawmont Ave., Hagy's Mill Rd., and Schuylkill R. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential

Architect, builder, or engineer:

McGoodwin, Robert Rodes, et al., Furness, Frank

Architectural Style:

Colonial, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture, Agriculture, Industry, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Local,Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence,Commerce/Trade,Domestic,Government,Industry/Processing/Extraction,Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Institutional Housing, Post Office, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage, Warehouse

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Animal Facility, Business, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage, Warehouse

Upper Roxborough Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2004 - - #04001226)

Also known as Upper Roxborough Reservoirs and Water Treatment Plants

Upper: roughly bounded by Cathedral, Harner, Lare, Summitt, Eva;Lower: roughly bounded by Eva, Dearnley and Shawmont , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

McNichol, James P. Co.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private,Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Public Works

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Sport Facility

Washington Avenue Historic District (added 1984 - - #84003561)

Also known as Washington Avenue Factory District

Roughly bounded by Carpenter, Washington, 10th, and Broad Sts. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Washington Square West Historic District (added 1984 - - #84003563)

Also known as See Also:Robert-Quay House;Mikvah Israel Cemetery;Protico Bo

Roughly bounded by 8th, Locust, Broad, and Lombard Sts. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Federal, Other

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Local,Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

West Diamond Street Townhouse Historic District (added 1991 - - #91000097)

Also known as West Diamond Street Brownstone Historic District

3008--3146, 3011--3215 Diamond St. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Smith,W. Frisbey

Architectural Style:

Other, Queen Anne, Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Local,Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Health Care, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Clinic, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

West Philadelphia Streetcar Suburb Historic District (added 1998 - - #97001669)

Also known as Victorian University City Historic District

Roughly bounded by U. of Pennslvania campus, Woodlands Cemetery, Poweltown Ave., 52nd St., and Woodland Ave. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

multiple

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local,Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic,Education,Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Church School, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Business, Church School, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (added 2008 - - #08000785)

Also known as Medical College of Pennsylvania; Medical Campus of

3300 Henry Ave. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Rittner&Shay;Schmidt;Garden&Erikson, Ewing,Cole,Erdman,Cherry

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Moderne

Area of Significance:

Health/Medicine, Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education,Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

College, Hospital, Research Facility

Current Function:

Domestic, Health Care

Current Sub-function:

Medical Business/Office, Multiple Dwelling

Woodland Terrace (added 1972 - - #72001176)

501--519, 500--520 Woodland Ter. , Philadelphia

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Sloan,Samuel

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling