Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
Pennsylvania - Philadelphia County - Vacant / Not In Use
Philadelphia County Pennsylvania (Vacant / Not In Use) has 50 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 5 places of National significance and 4 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Beggarstown School, Drexel and Company Building, Grumblethorpe Tenant House, Musical Fund Hall and Portico Row.

Several famous people are associated with these Philadelphia County historic places including Divine, Rev. Major J., and Matthew Baird.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Philadelphia County places including Doyle & Co., Thomas U. Walter, Day & Klauder, Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, Payne, George F., and Co., Willis G. Hale, Joseph Kelpius, Wilson Eyre Jr., Lynch Bros. and John W. et al. Gilton. Prominent architectural styles found in Philadelphia Country are Italianate, Colonial Revival and Early Commercial.

26th District Police and Patrol Station (added 1984 - - #84003550)
2136-2142 E. Dauphin St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Doyle and Doak, Windrim,John T.
Architectural Style:
Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Correctional Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Amalgamated Center (added 2008 - - #08001269)
Also known as Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America Office Building
2101-2143 S. St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture, Social, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Clubhouse, Meeting Hall, Organizational, Sport Facility
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business
American Railway Express Company Garage (added 2006 - - #06000664)
Also known as Eckert Building
3002-3028 Cecil B. Moore Ave. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lamb, Robert E., Company, Harris & Richards
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Baird, Matthew, Mansion (added 1983 - - #83004241)
814 N. Broad St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Historic Person:
Baird,Matthew
Significant Year:
1864, 1863
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Beatty's Mills Factory Building (added 2004 - - #04000881)
Also known as Powell Mills
2446-2468 Coral St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Beggarstown School (added 1971 - - #71000718)
Also known as The School
6669 Germantown Ave. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Bell Telephone Company Building (added 2000 - - #00000849)
1827-35 Arch St. , Philadephia
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Stopper, Eugene, Zantzinger and Borie
Architectural Style:
Moderne
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Communications
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Communications Facility
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Warehouse
Boone, Daniel, School (added 1986 - - #86003265)
Hancock and Wildey Sts. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Catharine,Irwin T.
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Butterworth, H.W. and Sons Company Building (added 2010 - - #10000406)
2410 E York St , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
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:
Vacant/Not In Use
Callowhill Industrial Historic District (added 2010 - - #10000403)
Roughly bounded by Pearl St, N Broad St, Hamilton St, and the Reading Railroad Viaduct , Philadelphia
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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
Chandler, George, School (added 1988 - - #88002255)
1050 E. Montgomery St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lynch Bros., Richards,H. deCourcey
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
City Park Brewery (added 1980 - - #80003609)
Also known as Louis Bergdoll Brewing Company;Bergdoll Brewery
Roughly bounded by Pennsylvania Ave., 28th, 30th, and Poplar Sts. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Processing
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Class and Nachod Brewery (added 2003 - - #03000724)
1801-1823 N. 10th St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Caspar, Charles H.
Architectural Style:
Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Drexel and Company Building (added 1980 - - #80003610)
Also known as Drexel Building
135--143 S. 15th St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Doyle & Co., Day & Klauder
Architectural Style:
Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Economics, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Financial Institution
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
Dunlap, Thomas, School (added 1986 - - #86003277)
5031 Race St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lynch Bros., Titus,Lloyd
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Estey Hall (added 1983 - - #83004244)
Also known as Allman Building
1701 Walnut St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Baker & Dallet
Architectural Style:
Other, Chicago
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Fisher's Lane (added 1980 - - #80003611)
Also known as East Logan St.
E. Logan St. , Philadelphia
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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
Fitler School (added 1986 - - #86003281)
SE Seymour and Knox Sts. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Gourley,S.,Jr., Anshutz,Louis
Architectural Style:
Gothic
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Franklin Hose Company No. 28 (added 1980 - - #80003604)
Also known as Harmony Engine Company No. 6
730-732 S. Broad St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Government, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Civic, Fire Station
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
General Electric Switchgear Plant (added 1985 - - #85003470)
Seventh and Willow Sts. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Steele,WIlliam & Co.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Germantown Grammar School (Boundary Increase) (added 2006 - - #06000430)
Also known as Germantown Grammar School #2
45 W. Haines St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Anshutz, Joseph W.
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Germantown Junction Station (added 1999 - - #92000940)
Also known as North Philadelphia Station
2900 N. Broad St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Roydhouse Arey & Co., Chandler,Theophilus P.
Architectural Style:
Other, Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Graham and Laird, Schober and Mitchell Factories (added 1978 - - #78002448)
19th St. between Hamilton and Buttonwood Sts. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Geisinger & Hales
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Industry
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Grumblethorpe Tenant House (added 1972 - - #72001156)
Also known as Tenant House of Wister`s Big House;See Also:Colonial Germant
5269 Germantown Ave. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Hajoca Corporation Headquarters and Showroom (added 2003 - - #03000079)
3025 Walnut St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wunder, Clarence E.
Architectural Style:
Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Harris Building (added 2001 - - #01000928)
Also known as Laird, Schober & Co.
2121-41 Market St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Steele, William, & Sons Company
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Engineering, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Post Office
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Hogue, Robert M., House (added 1986 - - #86000165)
100 Pelham Rd. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Boyd,D.K. & L.V.
Architectural Style:
Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Jayne Estate Building (added 1987 - - #87000648)
2--16 Vine St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
McArthur,John,Jr.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Specialty Store, Warehouse
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Kensington Branch of the Philadelphia YWCA (added 1990 - - #90000415)
174 W. Allegheny Ave. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hewitt,Granger & Paist
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Civic, Institutional Housing
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Landreth, David, School (added 1986 - - #86003299)
1201 S. Twenty-third St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
McCaul,Charles, Anshutz,Joseph W.
Architectural Style:
Gothic
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Larkin--Belber Building (added 2003 - - #03000077)
Also known as Belber Trunk & Bag Company Building, Larkin Building
2200--2218 Arch St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Rothschild, Leroy B., Heckman, C.J.
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Specialty Store, Warehouse
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Longfellow, Henry, School (added 1988 - - #88002294)
5004--5098 Tacony St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Reilly,Thomas, Richards,Henry deCourcy
Architectural Style:
Other, Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Lorraine Apartments (added 2002 - - #02001427)
Also known as Divine Lorraine Hotel, Lorraine Hotel
699 N. Broad St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Payne, George F., and Co., Hale, Willis G.
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Historic Person:
Divine, Rev. Major J.,
Significant Year:
1900, 1892, 1948
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Black, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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
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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
Malvern Hall (added 1983 - - #83002273)
6655 McCallum St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ballinger & Co., Beckerman,Henry
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
Middishade Clothing Factory (added 1987 - - #86003579)
Also known as C.C. Knight Factory
1600 Callowhill St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Watson & Huckel
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Monastery, The (added 1972 - - #72001164)
Also known as See Also:Fairmount Park
Fairmount Park, Kitchen's Lane at Wissahickon Creek , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kelpius,Joseph
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Moore, Clarence B., House (added 1973 - - #73001664)
Also known as Charles Morris Price School
1321 Locust St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Eyre,Wilson,Jr.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
Mulford Building (added 2004 - - #04000882)
Also known as Metropolitan Building
640 N. Broad St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Balderston, Charles
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Health/Medicine
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Medical Business/Office
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Musical Fund Hall (added 1971 - - #71000730)
Also known as Musical Fund Society Hall;Republican Party Convention Site o
808 Locust St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Performing Arts
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Theater
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Nugent Home for Baptists (added 2006 - - #06000746)
221 W. Johnson St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Stuckert, J. Franklin, Gilton, John W. et al.
Architectural Style:
Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Sanatorium
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Pennsylvania Railroad Office Building (added 2003 - - #03000071)
3175 John F. Kennedy Blvd. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Rail-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Pennsylvania State Office Building (added 2010 - - #09001216)
Also known as Philadelphia State Office Building
1400 Spring Garden St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et al., Carroll, Grisdale & Van Alen
Architectural Style:
Modern Movement
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Government, Landscape, Landscape, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Government Office, Plaza, Road-Related, Street Furniture/Object
Current Function:
Government, Landscape, Landscape, Transportation, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Government Office, Plaza, Road-Related, Street Furniture/Object
Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot (added 2010 - - #09001212)
Also known as Defense Personnel Support Center; Defense Supply Center
2724 S. 20th St. , Philadelphia
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wark and Company, The Ballinger Company
Architectural Style:
Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Military, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Defense, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Energy Facility, Manufacturing Facility, Military Facility
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business
Philadelphia School of Occupational Therapy (added 2003 - - #03000528)
Also known as Medical Services Building
419 S. 19th St. , Philadelphia
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Bissell & Sinker, Yeatman, Georgina P.
Architectural Style:
Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Health/Medicine
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education, Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Clinic, School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Philadelphia Wholesales Drug Company Building (added 1990 - - #90001410)
513--525 N. Tenth St. , Philadelphia
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Rankin,John Hall, Kellog,Thomas
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Warehouse
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Portico Row (added 1977 - - #77001189)
900--930 Spruce St. , Philadelphia
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Walter,Thomas U.
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Powelton, The (added 1978 - - #78002452)
Also known as Powelton Apartments
3500--3520 Powelton Ave., 214--218 35th St., and 215--221 36th St. , Philadelphia
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Milligan & Webber, Hale,Willis G.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Commerce, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Presser Home for Retired Music Teachers (added 2006 - - #06001006)
101-121 W. Johnson St. , Philadelphia
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et.al., Davis & Dunlap
Architectural Style:
Renaissance, Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Institutional Housing, Sanatorium, Secondary Structure
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Ralston, Robert, School (added 1986 - - #86003321)
221 Bainbridge St. , Philadelphia
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Brinkworth,G., Esler,Louis H.
Architectural Style:
Other, Gothic
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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