{"nrhp_refnum":"72001165","name":"Moore, Capt. Thomas, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"702 S. Front St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.93977059400004,"lon":-75.14464035499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-03-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-and-a-half-story brick rowhouse at 702 South Front Street in Southwark, Philadelphia, one of a group of seven adjoining brick houses forming the 700 block of South Front Street.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the block is an important surviving example of eighteenth-century commercial and residential development in Southwark, and that it is one of the few completely intact eighteenth-century blocks still remaining. The house is associated with Captain Thomas Moore, a mariner who owned it from 1767 to 1790. Its Flemish bond brickwork, original form and interior features, including a panelled chimney piece and spiral stairs, contribute to that significance.","narrative":"Built of Flemish bond brick in 1767-1769, this three-and-a-half-story house at 702 South Front Street in Southwark, Philadelphia, is one of seven messuages forming the 700 block of South Front Street. The steep gable roof has dormers front and rear, a brick belt course at the third floor, and a high moulded brick watershed. A Fire Association plaque is affixed to the facade, and an arched doorway at the first story leads to an alleyway. Inside, the house retains a panelled chimney piece, breasted closets and spiral stairs. Captain Thomas Moore, a mariner, owned the property from 1767 to 1790, and later owners included the merchant Samuel Penrose and his heirs, who held it until 1866. The block is significant as one of the few completely intact eighteenth-century blocks remaining in a commercial and residential area that was important to Southwark during that century. The first story has been altered, and the windows are later replacements.","period_of_significance":"1767-1769","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["C"],"status_note":"First story altered by a modern doorway and large window; all sash are replacements; cornice modernized after 1905.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.088138-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/72001165.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001165/75444d2214-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001165/75444d2214-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:702_S_Front_St_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:702_S_Front_St_Philly.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"72001172","name":"Southwark District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/southwark-district-72001172/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997042","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capt._Thomas_Moore_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5036479"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/moore-capt-thomas-house-72001165/"}