Nugent Home for Baptists

221 W. Johnson St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Philadelphia.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 30, 2006. NRIS 06000746.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Nugent Home for Baptists

The Nugent Home for Baptists is an historic, American, private charity building that is located at 221 W. Johnson Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to The New York Times of May 21, 1889:

The Hon. Horatio G. Jones, President of the Trustees of the George Nugent Home for Baptists at Germantown, Philadelphia, announced that the home had a foundation or endowment of $300,000 or $400,000, and was ready to receive all Baptist ministers and their wives over sixty years of age. The inmates are supported for life.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997390

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