{"nrhp_refnum":"72001148","name":"Clinton Street Historic District","other_names":["See also:Lesley, J. Peter, House NHL"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by 9th, 11th, Pine, and Cypress Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.945158958000036,"lon":-75.15811367899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-04-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-block residential street of attached brick rowhouses in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known as Clinton Street Historic District.","why_significant":"The houses were all erected between 1835 and 1850 and retain much of their original facades and decorative ironwork. The street was the fashionable address of its day, with many prominent Philadelphians among its residents, and it keeps its quiet 19th century character.","narrative":"Clinton Street in downtown Philadelphia is a two-block row of attached houses, most of them three and a half or four stories tall and built of pressed brick with marble or stone sills, doorways, water tables and steps. All of the houses on the street were erected between 1835 and 1850. Many had shutters with panels on the first story and louvers above, and several share a doorway lintel with the neighboring house. Decorative details include cast and wrought iron stair railings, iron grilles on cellar windows, a painted iron spike sundial, fan lights, and fluted pilasters. The street was the fashionable address of its day, and residents included prominent Philadelphians such as Charles Biddle, Edward Wetherill and Henry J. Morris. The architect Addison Hutton lived at number 916 in the 1870s. Although many houses now hold multiple apartments, their facades remain much as they were, preserving the street's quiet 19th century character.","period_of_significance":"1835-1850","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Many houses have been converted to apartments, fraternity houses and other multi-family uses, though the facades remain largely as originally built and the houses are described as very well maintained.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.797932-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/72001148.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001148/93fe43f53d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001148/93fe43f53d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clinton_St_Historic_District_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clinton_St_Historic_District_Philly.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"84003563","name":"Washington Square West Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/washington-square-west-historic-district-84003563/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997028","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_Street_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5134234"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/clinton-street-historic-district-72001148/"}