{"nrhp_refnum":"06000746","name":"Nugent Home for Baptists","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"221 W. Johnson St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":40.043576459000064,"lon":-75.18642800499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-08-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 3½-story Chateauesque-style retirement home built in 1895 at 221 W. Johnson Street in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, clad in orange iron-spot Roman brick and terra cotta on a 2-acre lot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant under Criterion A for its role in the development of privately funded retirement homes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and under Criterion C as an institutional example of the Chateauesque style and as the work of architect J. Franklin Stuckert. It was built for elderly Baptist ministers and their wives, funded by the estate of deacon and manufacturer George Nugent.","narrative":"Built in 1895 at 221 W. Johnson Street in Germantown, Philadelphia, the Nugent Home for Baptists is a three-and-a-half-story building of orange iron-spot Roman brick and terra cotta, designed by J. Franklin Stuckert in the Chateauesque style, with steep hip roofs, dormers, turrets and a conical tower. Its construction was funded from the estate of George Nugent, a Baptist deacon and manufacturer, after he provided for a retirement home for ministers and missionaries and their wives. The Home opened in June 1896 with a capacity of thirty-eight residents and admitted almost exclusively clergy and their wives, which distinguished it from the larger Baptist Home of Philadelphia. It operated as a retirement home until 1981, when it became a boarding home for people with disabilities. It closed in 2002 and was damaged by fire in 2004. The building is regarded as an example of late nineteenth-century philanthropic retirement housing and of the Chateauesque style in Philadelphia.","period_of_significance":"1895-1956","architect_builder":"Stuckert, J. Franklin (architect); Gilton, John W. (builder)","architectural_style":"Chateauesque (French Renaissance Revival)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Closed as a boarding home in 2002, vacant since; a fire in July 2004 damaged part of the interior and rear porch; the present owner plans rehabilitation as apartments.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:27.128787-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/06000746.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000746/d9d0b5fb14-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000746/d9d0b5fb14-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nugent_Home_for_Baptists.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nugent_Home_for_Baptists.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"66000678","name":"Colonial Germantown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/colonial-germantown-historic-district-66000678/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997390","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nugent_Home_for_Baptists","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7068746"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/nugent-home-for-baptists-06000746/"}