{"nrhp_refnum":"76001668","name":"Roberts-Quay House","other_names":["Philadelphia Dance Academy"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1035--1037 Spruce St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.94641874600006,"lon":-75.15928720899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-11-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story brownstone and brick townhouse at 1035 Spruce Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a two-story brick addition at the north end. The original building was constructed before 1858 for Edward Roberts, a druggist.","why_significant":"The nomination describes it as one of the few examples of a Renaissance Revival brownstone mansion in Philadelphia, executed in the Romano-Tuscan mode with Northern Italian influences in its ornamentation. It helps unify the streetscape. It is also associated with Matthew S. Quay, a Pennsylvania political figure who lived there briefly in the late 1870s.","narrative":"Built before 1858 at 1035 Spruce Street in Philadelphia, this four-story brownstone-faced townhouse was constructed for Edward Roberts, a druggist. It is executed in the Romano-Tuscan mode of Renaissance Revival, with Northern Italian touches in its wood cornice, acanthus-leaf ornament, cambered window arches and semi-circular observatory windows. The front facade is ashlar brownstone, and the original building measures 47 feet wide by 51 feet deep. Additions at the north end, made in stages between 1889 and 1928, extend the building to about 150 feet in depth. Its distinctive features include a wooden observatory on the roof and ornate moulded brownstone architraves. The house is considered one of the few brownstone mansions of this type in Philadelphia and helps unify the streetscape. It was also home to Matthew S. Quay, a powerful Pennsylvania political leader, for a short period in 1879.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Romano-Tuscan mode of Renaissance Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Original site; additions made in 1889, 1906, 1921 and 1928; front windows and balconies altered over time.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.217555-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/76001668.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001668/0c1342aa48-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001668/0c1342aa48-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roberts_Quay.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roberts_Quay.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/71997356","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberts-Quay_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7351973"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/roberts-quay-house-76001668/"}