Drexel Development Historic District

Roughly bounded by Pine, Delancy, 39th and 40th Sts., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Philadelphia.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 14, 1982. NRIS 82001546.

98 contributing buildings.

From Wikipedia:

Drexel Development Historic District

Drexel Development Historic District is a national historic district located in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 96 contributing rowhouses dated to the mid- to late-19th century. A number of the rowhouses were designed by architect Samuel Sloan. The architectural firm G. W. & W. D. Hewitt designed rowhouses for developer Anthony Joseph Drexel on the block bounded by Pine, new 39th, Baltimore, and 40th Streets. They are representative of a number of popular architectural styles including Second Empire, Italianate, and High Victorian.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997202

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