National Register of Historic Places listings in West Philadelphia
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in West Philadelphia.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.[1]
There are 589 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Philadelphia, including 67
listed elsewhere
. Two sites are split between West Philadelphia and other parts of the city, and are thus included on multiple lists.
Current listings
| [2] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed[3] | Location | Neighborhood[4] | Description |
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| 1 | 32nd St. and Lancaster Ave. Philadelphia Armory
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November 14, 1991 (#91001703) |
Junction of 32nd Street and Lancaster Avenue 39°57′23″N 75°11′19″W / 39.9564°N 75.1886°W | University City |
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| 2 | Dimner Beeber Junior High School
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November 18, 1988 (#88002244) |
5901 Malvern Avenue 39°59′11″N 75°14′34″W / 39.9864°N 75.2428°W | West Parkside |
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| 3 | Bell Telephone Exchange Building |  |
March 20, 2002 (#02000227) |
10 North Preston Street 39°57′28″N 75°12′15″W / 39.9578°N 75.2042°W | Powelton Village |
Telephone switching station from about 1900 to 1928 |
| 4 | Belmont Avenue Bridge in Philadelphia |  |
June 22, 1988 (#88000843) |
Belmont Avenue over Ramp B 39°59′37″N 75°13′04″W / 39.9936°N 75.2179°W | Fairmount Park | |
| 5 | Belmont School
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November 18, 1988 (#88002245) |
4030–4060 Brown Street 39°58′00″N 75°12′18″W / 39.9667°N 75.205°W | Belmont |
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| 6 | Rudolph Blankenburg School |  |
November 18, 1988 (#88002248) |
4600 Girard Avenue 39°58′21″N 75°12′55″W / 39.9725°N 75.2153°W | Mill Creek |
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| 7 | Breslyn Apartments |  |
November 14, 1982 (#82001544) |
4624–4642 Walnut Street & the 200 block of South 47th Street 39°57′20″N 75°12′55″W / 39.9556°N 75.2153°W | Spruce Hill |
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| 8 | George L. Brooks School |  |
December 4, 1986 (#86003266) |
5629–5643 Haverford Avenue 39°58′06″N 75°14′00″W / 39.9683°N 75.2333°W | Haddington |
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| 9 | Lewis C. Cassidy School |  |
November 18, 1988 (#88002252) |
6533 Lansdowne Avenue 39°58′30″N 75°15′03″W / 39.975°N 75.2508°W | Morris Park | |
| 10 | Centennial National Bank |  |
March 11, 1971 (#71000721) |
32nd and Market Streets 39°57′18″N 75°11′13″W / 39.955°N 75.1869°W | University City |
Frank Furness, architect (1875–76). |
| 11 | Chamounix |  |
April 26, 1972 (#72001146) |
West Fairmount Park on Chamounix Drive 40°00′13″N 75°11′47″W / 40.0037°N 75.1963°W | Fairmount Park | |
| 12 | City Line Avenue Bridge |  |
June 22, 1988 (#88000802) |
City Avenue over eastern branch of Indian Creek 39°58′29″N 75°16′50″W / 39.9747°N 75.2806°W | Overbrook Farms |
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| 13 | Cobbs Creek Automobile Suburb Historic District
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November 12, 1998 (#98001366) |
Roughly bounded by Cobbs Creek Parkway, Spruce Street, 62nd Street, and Angora Street. 39°57′01″N 75°14′50″W / 39.9503°N 75.2472°W | Cobbs Creek |
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| 14 | College Hall, University of Pennsylvania |  |
February 14, 1978 (#78002444) |
Bounded by Walnut, Spruce, 34th, and 36th Streets 39°57′05″N 75°11′38″W / 39.9514°N 75.1939°W | University City |
Thomas W. Richards, architect (1870–72). |
| 15 | Drexel Development Historic District |  |
November 14, 1982 (#82001546) |
Roughly bounded by Pine, Delancey, 39th, and 40th Streets 39°57′03″N 75°12′09″W / 39.9508°N 75.2025°W | University City |
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| 16 | Thomas Dunlap School |  |
December 4, 1986 (#86003277) |
5031 Race Street 39°57′47″N 75°13′18″W / 39.9631°N 75.2217°W | Haddington |
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| 17 | Fairmount Park |  |
February 7, 1972 (#72001151) |
Both banks of the Schuylkill River and the Wissahickon Creek, from Spring Garden Street to Northwestern Avenue 39°59′33″N 75°12′19″W / 39.9925°N 75.2053°W | Fairmount Park | Extends into North and Northwest Philadelphia |
| 18 | Furness Library |  |
May 19, 1972 (#72001154) |
34th Street below Walnut on the University of Pennsylvania campus 39°57′06″N 75°11′34″W / 39.9517°N 75.1928°W | University City |
Frank Furness, architect (1888–91). |
| 19 | Garden Court Historic District
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July 5, 1984 (#84003539) |
Roughly bounded by Larchwood Avenue, 46th, 50th, and Pine Streets; also 4530 & 4537–4539 Osage Avenue 39°57′06″N 75°13′07″W / 39.9518°N 75.2186°W | Garden Court |
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| 20 | Haddington Historic District
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September 29, 1988 (#88001832) |
6000 blocks of Market, Ludlow, and Chestnut Streets 39°57′41″N 75°14′31″W / 39.9614°N 75.2419°W | Haddington |
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| 21 | Hanson Haines House |  |
January 29, 1985 (#85000179) |
4801 Springfield Avenue 39°56′46″N 75°13′01″W / 39.9461°N 75.2169°W | Spruce Hill |
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| 22 | Hajoca Corporation Headquarters and Showroom |  |
February 27, 2003 (#03000079) |
3025 Walnut Street 39°57′08″N 75°11′06″W / 39.9521°N 75.1851°W | University City |
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| 23 | Hamilton Family Estate |  |
June 22, 1979 (#79002321) |
4039–4041 Baltimore Avenue & 4000–4018 Pine Street 39°57′00″N 75°12′18″W / 39.95°N 75.205°W | Spruce Hill |
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| 24 | William B. Hanna School |  |
December 4, 1986 (#86003288) |
5720–5738 Media Street 39°58′28″N 75°14′10″W / 39.9744°N 75.2361°W | Carroll Park |
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| 25 | Holmes Junior High School
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November 18, 1988 (#88002281) |
5429–5455 Chestnut Street 39°57′35″N 75°13′51″W / 39.9596°N 75.2307°W | Cobbs Creek |
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| 26 | Hotel Pennsylvania |  |
December 26, 2012 (#12001097) |
3900 Chestnut Street 39°57′18″N 75°12′00″W / 39.954984°N 75.200111°W | University City |
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| 27 | Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital |  |
October 15, 1966 (#66000684) |
111 North 49th Street 39°57′42″N 75°13′02″W / 39.9617°N 75.2172°W | Mill Creek |
Samuel Sloan, architect (1856–59). |
| 28 | La Blanche Apartments |  |
March 7, 1985 (#85000470) |
5100 Walnut Street 39°57′23″N 75°13′25″W / 39.9564°N 75.2236°W | Walnut Hill |
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| 29 | Henry C. Lea School of Practice
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November 18, 1988 (#88002291) |
242 South 47th Street 39°57′16″N 75°12′59″W / 39.9544°N 75.2164°W | Walnut Hill |
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| 30 | Leader Theater |  |
August 9, 2021 (#100006793) |
4102-4104 Lancaster Avenue 39°57′54″N 75°12′20″W / 39.9651°N 75.2056°W | Belmont | |
| 31 | William Mann School
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November 18, 1988 (#88002297) |
1835–1869 North 54th Street 39°59′08″N 75°13′53″W / 39.9856°N 75.2314°W | Wynnefield |
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| 32 | Memorial Hall |  |
December 8, 1976 (#76001665) |
North Concourse Drive 39°58′46″N 75°12′35″W / 39.9794°N 75.2097°W | Fairmount Park | Herman J. Schwarzmann, architect (1874–76). |
| 33 | Monte Vista |  |
March 3, 1983 (#83002275) |
917–931 North 63rd Street, 6154–6160 Oxford Street, and 6151–6157 Nassau Street 39°58′46″N 75°14′44″W / 39.9794°N 75.2456°W | Overbrook |
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| 34 | Overbrook Farms
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March 21, 1985 (#85000690) |
Roughly bounded by City Line Avenue, 58th Street, Woodbine Avenue, and 64th Street
39°59′17″N 75°14′55″W / 39.9881°N 75.2486°W | Overbrook Farms |
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| 35 | Overbrook High School |  |
December 4, 1986 (#86003313) |
North 59th Street and Lancaster Avenue 39°58′52″N 75°14′19″W / 39.981°N 75.2385°W | Overbrook |
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| 36 | Overbrook School |  |
November 18, 1988 (#88002304) |
6201–6231 Lebanon Avenue 39°58′55″N 75°14′44″W / 39.9819°N 75.2456°W | Overbrook |
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| 37 | Overbrook Gardens Apartments |  |
April 12, 2021 (#100006369) |
902 North 63rd Street 39°58′43″N 75°14′46″W / 39.9785°N 75.2462°W | Overbrook |
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| 38 | Parkside Historic District
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November 17, 1983 (#83004248) |
Bounded by Penn Central railroad tracks, North 38th Street, Girard, Parkside, and Belmont Avenues.
39°58′24″N 75°12′23″W / 39.9733°N 75.2064°W | Parkside |
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| 39 | Penn Wynn House |  |
August 31, 2017 (#100001572) |
2201 Bryn Mawr Avenue 39°59′25″N 75°13′34″W / 39.990335°N 75.226077°W | Wynnefield |
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| 40 | Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Building |  |
October 28, 1999 (#99001291) |
3158 Chestnut Street 39°57′13″N 75°11′13″W / 39.9535°N 75.1869°W | University City |
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| 41 | Pennsylvania Railroad Office Building | .jpg) |
February 27, 2003 (#03000071) |
3175 John F. Kennedy Blvd. 39°57′22″N 75°11′15″W / 39.9561°N 75.1875°W | University City |
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| 42 | Pinehurst Apartments |  |
January 6, 1987 (#86003571) |
4517 Pine & 324–334 South 45th Streets 39°57′07″N 75°12′46″W / 39.9519°N 75.2129°W | Spruce Hill |
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| 43 | Poth and Schmidt Development Houses |  |
April 21, 1983 (#83002276) |
3306–3316 Arch Street 39°57′27″N 75°11′24″W / 39.9575°N 75.19°W | University City |
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| 44 | Frederick A. Poth Houses |  |
April 19, 1979 (#79002327) |
North Side of the 3300 block of Powelton Avenue 39°57′37″N 75°11′25″W / 39.9603°N 75.1903°W | Powelton Village |
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| 45 | Powelton Historic District
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May 9, 1985 (#85000998) |
Roughly bounded by Brandywine Street, 32nd to 39th Streets, and Lancaster Avenue 39°57′41″N 75°11′32″W / 39.9614°N 75.1922°W | Powelton Village |
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| 46 | The Powelton |  |
December 13, 1978 (#78002452) |
3510 Powelton Avenue, 216 35th Street, and 215–221 36th Street 39°57′35″N 75°11′25″W / 39.9597°N 75.1903°W | Powelton Village |
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| 47 | Protestant Episcopal Church of the Saviour
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August 1, 1979 (#79002328) |
Ludlow Street and 3723–3725 Chestnut Street 39°57′21″N 75°11′52″W / 39.9557°N 75.1979°W | University City |
Charles M. Burns, architect (1889, rebuilt after 1902 fire). |
| 48 | Provident Mutual Insurance Company |  |
December 30, 2019 (#100004809) |
4601 Market Street 39°57′32″N 75°12′51″W / 39.9590°N 75.2142°W | Mill Creek | |
| 49 | Richards and Goddard Buildings
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January 16, 2009 (#09000081) |
3700–3710 Hamilton Walk 39°56′59″N 75°11′53″W / 39.9497°N 75.1981°W | University City |
On the University of Pennsylvania campus; Louis Kahn, architect (1957–61). |
| 50 | Paul Robeson House
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November 22, 2000 (#00001345) |
4951 Walnut Street 39°57′29″N 75°13′17″W / 39.9581°N 75.2214°W | Spruce Hill |
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| 51 | St. Anthony Hall House |  |
February 15, 2005 (#05000064) |
3637 Locust Walk, University of Pennsylvania 39°57′09″N 75°11′47″W / 39.9524°N 75.1964°W | University City |
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| 52 | Sansom Row |  |
December 27, 1977 (#77001190) |
3402–3436 Sansom Street 39°57′13″N 75°11′34″W / 39.9536°N 75.1928°W | University City |
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| 53 | John Shedwick Development Houses |  |
March 10, 1982 (#82003814) |
3433–3439 Lancaster Avenue 39°57′28″N 75°11′31″W / 39.9579°N 75.1919°W | Powelton Village |
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| 54 | William Shoemaker Junior High School
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December 4, 1986 (#86003328) |
1476 North 53rd Street 39°58′34″N 75°13′42″W / 39.9761°N 75.2283°W | Carroll Park |
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| 55 | Mayer Sulzberger Junior High School
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November 18, 1988 (#88002328) |
721 North 48th Street 39°57′53″N 75°12′58″W / 39.9647°N 75.2161°W | Mill Creek |
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| 56 | Thirtieth Street Station |  |
June 7, 1978 (#78002456) |
West River Drive, Market, 30th, and Arch Streets 39°57′20″N 75°10′55″W / 39.9556°N 75.1819°W | University City |
Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, architects (1929–34). |
| 57 | United States Post Office-Main Branch |  |
September 5, 2006 (#06000782) |
2970 Market Street 39°57′14″N 75°10′57″W / 39.9539°N 75.1826°W | University City |
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| 58 | University Avenue Bridge |  |
May 26, 1994 (#94000515) |
South University Avenue over the Schuylkill River 39°56′34″N 75°11′49″W / 39.9428°N 75.1969°W | University City |
Extends into South Philadelphia |
| 59 | University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District |  |
December 28, 1978 (#78002457) |
Roughly bounded by Hamilton Walk, South, 32nd, Walnut, 36th, Spruce, and 39th Streets 39°57′08″N 75°11′40″W / 39.9522°N 75.1944°W | University City |
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| 60 | Walnut Park Plaza Hotel |  |
May 10, 2005 (#05000416) |
6232–6250 Walnut Street 39°57′33″N 75°14′49″W / 39.9593°N 75.2469°W | Cobbs Creek |
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| 61 | West Philadelphia High School |  |
December 4, 1986 (#86003345) |
4700 Walnut Street 39°57′19″N 75°13′01″W / 39.9553°N 75.2169°W | Spruce Hill |
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| 62 | West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company Carhouse |  |
April 12, 2021 (#100006370) |
4100 Haverford Avenue 39°57′45″N 75°12′21″W / 39.9625°N 75.2058°W | Haverford North |
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| 63 | West Philadelphia Streetcar Suburb Historic District |  |
February 5, 1998 (#97001669) |
Roughly bounded by the University of Pennsylvania campus, Woodlands Cemetery, Poweltown Avenue, 52nd Street, and Woodland Avenue 39°57′01″N 75°12′45″W / 39.9503°N 75.2125°W | Spruce Hill |
Boundary increase approved April 17, 2018. |
| 64 | WFIL Studio |  |
July 28, 1986 (#86002092) |
4548 Market Street 39°57′30″N 75°12′45″W / 39.9582°N 75.2125°W | Spruce Hill |
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| 65 | Wharton Street Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church and Sunday School |  |
December 2, 2019 (#100004703) |
5337 Catharine Street 39°56′58″N 75°13′51″W / 39.9494°N 75.2307°W | Cobbs Creek | |
| 66 | Woodland Terrace
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March 16, 1972 (#72001176) |
500 block of Woodland Terrace 39°56′58″N 75°12′17″W / 39.9494°N 75.2046°W | University City |
Samuel Sloan, architect. |
| 67 | The Woodlands
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December 24, 1967 (#67000022) |
40th Street and Woodland Avenue 39°56′50″N 75°12′10″W / 39.9472°N 75.2028°W | University City |
Built ca. 1742, expanded 1787-90. |
| 68 | Wynnestay | .jpg) |
December 30, 2008 (#08001270) |
5125 Woodbine Avenue 39°59′38″N 75°13′49″W / 39.994°N 75.2304°W | Wynnefield |
Built 1689, expanded 1700. |
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to National Register of Historic Places in West Philadelphia.
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Philadelphia
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
References
- ^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
- ^ Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
- ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
- ^ "The Political and Community Service Boundaries of Philadelphia" (PDF). Philadelphia City Planning Commission. June 2004. Archived from the original on March 7, 2011.
