National Register of Historic Places listings in West Philadelphia facts for kids
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.
There are 579 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Philadelphia, including 67 National Historic Landmarks. West Philadelphia includes 65 of these properties and districts, including 5 National Historic Landmarks; the city's remaining properties and districts are listed elsewhere. Two sites are split between West Philadelphia and other parts of the city, and are thus included on multiple lists.
Current listings
Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | Neighborhood | Description | |
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1 | 32nd St. and Lancaster Ave. Philadelphia Armory |
(#91001703) |
Junction of 32nd Street and Lancaster Avenue 39°57′23″N 75°11′19″W / 39.9564°N 75.1886°W |
University City | ||
2 | Dimner Beeber Junior High School |
(#88002244) |
5901 Malvern Avenue 39°59′11″N 75°14′34″W / 39.9864°N 75.2428°W |
West Parkside | ||
3 | Bell Telephone Exchange Building |
(#02000227) |
8–12 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 |
(#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 |
(#88002245) |
4030–4060 Brown Street 39°58′00″N 75°12′18″W / 39.9667°N 75.205°W |
Belmont | ||
6 | Rudolph Blankenburg School |
(#88002248) |
4600 Girard Avenue 39°58′21″N 75°12′55″W / 39.9725°N 75.2153°W |
Mill Creek | ||
7 | Breslyn Apartments |
(#82001544) |
4624–4642 Walnut Street, 201–213 South 47th Street 39°57′20″N 75°12′55″W / 39.9556°N 75.2153°W |
Spruce Hill | ||
8 | George L. Brooks School |
(#86003266) |
5629–5643 Haverford Avenue 39°58′06″N 75°14′00″W / 39.9683°N 75.2333°W |
Haddington | ||
9 | Lewis C. Cassidy School |
(#88002252) |
6523–6543 Lansdowne Avenue 39°58′30″N 75°15′03″W / 39.975°N 75.2508°W |
Morris Park | ||
10 | Centennial National Bank |
(#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 |
(#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 |
(#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 | ||
13 | Cobbs Creek Automobile Suburb Historic District |
(#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 | ||
14 | College Hall, University of Pennsylvania |
(#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 |
(#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 | ||
16 | Thomas Dunlap School |
(#86003277) |
5031 Race Street 39°57′47″N 75°13′18″W / 39.9631°N 75.2217°W |
Haddington | ||
17 | Fairmount Park |
(#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 |
(#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 |
West Philadelphia | Frank Furness, architect (1888–91). | |
19 | Garden Court Historic District |
(#84003539) |
Roughly bounded by Larchwood Avenue, 46th, 50th, and Pine Streets; also 4526–4534 and 4537–4539 Osage Avenue 39°57′06″N 75°13′07″W / 39.9518°N 75.2186°W |
Garden Court | ||
20 | Haddington Historic District |
(#88001832) |
6000 blocks of Market, Ludlow and Chestnut Streets 39°57′41″N 75°14′31″W / 39.9614°N 75.2419°W |
Haddington | ||
21 | Hanson Haines House |
(#85000179) |
4801 Springfield Avenue 39°56′46″N 75°13′01″W / 39.9461°N 75.2169°W |
Spruce Hill | ||
22 | Hajoca Corporation Headquarters and Showroom |
(#03000079) |
3025 Walnut Street 39°57′08″N 75°11′06″W / 39.9521°N 75.1851°W |
University City | ||
23 | Hamilton Family Estate |
(#79002321) |
4039–4041 Baltimore Avenue and 4000–4018 Pine Street 39°57′00″N 75°12′18″W / 39.95°N 75.205°W |
Spruce Hill | ||
24 | William B. Hanna School |
(#86003288) |
5720–5738 Media Street 39°58′28″N 75°14′10″W / 39.9744°N 75.2361°W |
Carroll Park | ||
25 | Holmes Junior High School |
(#88002281) |
5429–5455 Chestnut Street 39°57′35″N 75°13′51″W / 39.9596°N 75.2307°W |
Cobbs Creek | ||
26 | Hotel Pennsylvania |
(#12001097) |
3900 Chestnut St. 39°57′18″N 75°12′00″W / 39.954984°N 75.200111°W |
University City | ||
27 | Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital |
(#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 |
(#85000470) |
5100 Walnut Street 39°57′23″N 75°13′25″W / 39.9564°N 75.2236°W |
Walnut Hill | ||
29 | Henry C. Lea School of Practice |
(#88002291) |
242 South 47th Street 39°57′16″N 75°12′59″W / 39.9544°N 75.2164°W |
Walnut Hill | ||
30 | William Mann School |
(#88002297) |
1835–1869 North 54th Street 39°59′08″N 75°13′53″W / 39.9856°N 75.2314°W |
Wynnefield | ||
31 | Memorial Hall |
(#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). | |
32 | Monte Vista |
(#83002275) |
917–931 North 63rd Street, 6154–6160 Oxford Street, 6151–6157 Nassau Street 39°58′46″N 75°14′44″W / 39.9794°N 75.2456°W |
Overbrook | ||
33 | Overbrook Farms |
(#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 | ||
34 | Overbrook High School |
(#86003313) |
59th and Lancaster Ave. 39°58′52″N 75°14′19″W / 39.981°N 75.2385°W |
Overbrook | ||
35 | Overbrook School |
(#88002304) |
6201–6231 Lebanon Avenue 39°58′55″N 75°14′44″W / 39.9819°N 75.2456°W |
Overbrook | ||
36 | Parkside Historic District |
(#83004248) |
Bounded by Penn Central railroad tracks, 38th Street, Girard, Parkside and Belmont Avenues 39°58′24″N 75°12′23″W / 39.9733°N 75.2064°W |
Parkside | ||
37 | Penn Wynn House |
(#100001572) |
2201 Bryn Mawr Ave. 39°59′25″N 75°13′34″W / 39.990335°N 75.226077°W |
Wynnefield | ||
38 | Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Building |
(#99001291) |
3118–3198 Chestnut Street 39°57′13″N 75°11′13″W / 39.9535°N 75.1869°W |
University City | ||
39 | Pennsylvania Railroad Office Building |
(#03000071) |
3175 John F. Kennedy Blvd. 39°57′22″N 75°11′15″W / 39.9561°N 75.1875°W |
University City | ||
40 | Pinehurst Apartments |
(#86003571) |
4511–4523 Pine and 324–334 South 45th Streets 39°57′07″N 75°12′46″W / 39.9519°N 75.2129°W |
Spruce Hill | ||
41 | Poth and Schmidt Development Houses |
(#83002276) |
3306–3316 Arch Street 39°57′27″N 75°11′24″W / 39.9575°N 75.19°W |
University City | ||
42 | Frederick A. Poth Houses |
(#79002327) |
3301–3311, 3315 Powelton Avenue 39°57′37″N 75°11′25″W / 39.9603°N 75.1903°W |
Powelton Village | ||
43 | Powelton Historic District |
(#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 | ||
44 | The Powelton |
(#78002452) |
3500–3520 Powelton Avenue, 214–218 35th Street, and 215–221 36th Street 39°57′35″N 75°11′25″W / 39.9597°N 75.1903°W |
Powelton Village | ||
45 | Protestant Episcopal Church of the Saviour |
(#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). | |
45 | Provident Mutual Insurance Company |
(#100004809) |
4601 Market St. 39°57′32″N 75°12′51″W / 39.9590°N 75.2142°W |
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46 | Richards and Goddard Buildings |
(#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). | |
47 | Paul Robeson House |
(#00001345) |
4951 Walnut Street 39°57′29″N 75°13′17″W / 39.9581°N 75.2214°W |
Spruce Hill | ||
48 | St. Anthony Hall House |
(#05000064) |
3637 Locust Walk, University of Pennsylvania 39°57′09″N 75°11′47″W / 39.9524°N 75.1964°W |
University City | ||
49 | Sansom Row |
(#77001190) |
3402–3436 Sansom St. 39°57′13″N 75°11′34″W / 39.9536°N 75.1928°W |
University City | ||
50 | John Shedwick Development Houses |
(#82003814) |
3433–3439 Lancaster Avenue 39°57′28″N 75°11′31″W / 39.9579°N 75.1919°W |
Powelton Village | ||
51 | William Shoemaker Junior High School |
(#86003328) |
1464–1488 North 53rd Street 39°58′34″N 75°13′42″W / 39.9761°N 75.2283°W |
Carroll Park | ||
52 | Mayer Sulzberger Junior High School |
(#88002328) |
701–741 North 48th Street 39°57′53″N 75°12′58″W / 39.9647°N 75.2161°W |
Mill Creek | ||
53 | Thirtieth Street Station |
(#78002456) |
West River Drive, Market Street, 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). | |
54 | United States Post Office-Main Branch |
(#06000782) |
2970 Market Street 39°57′14″N 75°10′57″W / 39.9539°N 75.1826°W |
University City | ||
55 | University Avenue Bridge |
(#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 | |
56 | University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District |
(#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 | ||
57 | Walnut Park Plaza Hotel |
(#05000416) |
6232–6250 Walnut Street 39°57′33″N 75°14′49″W / 39.9593°N 75.2469°W |
Cobbs Creek | ||
58 | West Philadelphia High School |
(#86003345) |
4700 Walnut St. 39°57′19″N 75°13′01″W / 39.9553°N 75.2169°W |
Spruce Hill | ||
59 | West Philadelphia Streetcar Suburb Historic District |
(#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. | |
60 | WFIL Studio |
(#86002092) |
4548 Market Street 39°57′30″N 75°12′45″W / 39.9582°N 75.2125°W |
Spruce Hill | ||
61 | Wharton Street Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church and Sunday School |
(#100004703) |
5337 Catharine St. 39°56′58″N 75°13′51″W / 39.9494°N 75.2307°W |
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62 | Woodland Terrace |
(#72001176) |
501–519, 500–520 Woodland Terrace 39°56′58″N 75°12′17″W / 39.9494°N 75.2046°W |
University City | Samuel Sloan, architect. | |
63 | The Woodlands |
(#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. | |
64 | Wynnestay |
(#08001270) |
5125 Woodbine Avenue 39°59′38″N 75°13′49″W / 39.994°N 75.2304°W |
Wynnefield | Built 1689, expanded 1700. |