{"nrhp_refnum":"75001660","name":"Cope, Edward Drinker, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2102 Pine St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.946813622000064,"lon":-75.17676029989272,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-05-15","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1975-05-15","areas_of_significance":["Science"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-and-one-half story row house at 2102 Pine Street in a once fashionable neighborhood near the center of Philadelphia, constructed about 1880 and faced with Philadelphia green stone. It is characterized by a mansard roof and a three-story projected bay.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its association with Edward Drinker Cope, a leading American palaeontologist and natural scientist, who worked and died there in 1897. The form states the building itself is of no architectural importance, so the listing rests on the person and the scientific work associated with the home.","narrative":"A three-and-one-half story row house at 2102 Pine Street, built about 1880 in a once fashionable part of central Philadelphia, is faced in local green stone and marked by a mansard roof and a three-story projected bay. Edward Drinker Cope bought it around 1880 with the neighboring 2100 Pine Street, using 2102 as workrooms and storage. After losing most of his inheritance in a New Mexico silver mining venture around 1886, he rented out 2100 and moved into 2102, where he worked among his fossils and manuscripts. Cope, born in Philadelphia in 1840, was credited with about 1,300 scientific titles and is regarded as one of the great American palaeontologists. He died at the house on April 12, 1897. The building is listed for this association rather than for its architecture, which the form describes as unremarkable. The exterior is intact, while the interior has been converted into apartments.","period_of_significance":"1880-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"The exterior is described as whole; the interior may retain original features but has been divided into apartments.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.915537-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/75001660_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001660/4b1988895f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001660/4b1988895f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jack Boucher","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_Drinker_Cope_Houses,_2100-2102_Pine_Street,_Philadelphia_(Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack Boucher</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_Drinker_Cope_Houses,_2100-2102_Pine_Street,_Philadelphia_(Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994373","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Drinker_Cope_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5342646"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/cope-edward-drinker-house-75001660/"}