{"nrhp_refnum":"66000691","name":"Sully, Thomas, Residence","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"530 Spruce St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.94510251400007,"lon":-75.15121973105512,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1966-10-15","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1965-12-21","areas_of_significance":["Art"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-and-a-half story brick rowhouse with a gable roof at 530 Spruce Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, used as a private home. The document does not state a construction date for the building itself.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant as the Philadelphia residence of Thomas Sully, described as one of the best known American portrait painters of his lifetime, who lived in the city from 1808 until his death in 1872. The Philadelphia Directory recorded his residence here in the 1828-1829 edition.","narrative":"A three-and-a-half story brick rowhouse with a gable roof and a single central dormer stands at 530 Spruce Street in Philadelphia. Its window sills, lintels, front steps and door frame are white marble, and the door frame has a post and lintel design with a transom. Thomas Sully, born in England in 1783, lived here during his years in Philadelphia, which began in 1808 and lasted until his death in 1872. Sully painted many portraits, including a celebrated 1838 portrait of Queen Victoria, and produced roughly 2,600 works. The Philadelphia Directory recorded his residence at this address in its 1828-1829 edition. The house is one of the many homes he occupied during his sixty-four years in the city. It is today a private home.","period_of_significance":"1828-1829","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"It is today a private home.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.27406-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/66000691_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000691/b6d23b187e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000691/b6d23b187e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Courtland V. D. Hubbard, Photographer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Sully_House,_530_Spruce_Street,_Philadelphia_(Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Courtland V. D. Hubbard, Photographer</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Sully_House,_530_Spruce_Street,_Philadelphia_(Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"71000065","name":"Society Hill Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/society-hill-historic-district-71000065/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994325","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sully_Residence","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7794269"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/sully-thomas-residence-66000691/"}