{"nrhp_refnum":"76001672","name":"Tanner, Henry O., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2908 W. Diamond St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.98770780350003,"lon":-75.18118262861239,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-05-11","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1976-05-11","areas_of_significance":["Art","Black"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story masonry house at 2908 Diamond Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known as the Tanner House, where the family of painter Henry Ossawa Tanner lived from about 1872. The front bay and rear shed are later additions, and the facade has aluminum siding.","why_significant":"The house is associated with Henry Ossawa Tanner, described as one of the best known Black American artists, who grew up there and spent his early years developing as a painter in Philadelphia. The nomination argues his international career, including Paris Salon success and French recognition, marks him as a significant figure in American art and Afro-American history.","narrative":"A three-story masonry house at 2908 Diamond Street in Philadelphia, where the family of Bishop Benjamin Tucker Tanner lived from about 1872, is listed for its association with their son, the painter Henry Ossawa Tanner. Tanner moved to Philadelphia in 1866 and grew up in the household, where he began painting as a boy, later studying at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art under Thomas Eakins from 1880. The house has been altered: the front bay and cornice are covered in aluminum siding, the front windows have been replaced, and a wood shed was added to the rear. Its evident Greek Revival character survives mainly in the base of the front facade and the entrance. Tanner became one of the best known Black American artists, winning Paris Salon recognition, including The Raising of Lazarus, purchased for the Luxembourg Gallery. He lived mostly in France from 1891 until his death in 1937.","period_of_significance":"Residency (1872-1888)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival Style","criteria":[],"status_note":"The windows on the front facade have been replaced, the cornice and bay have been altered and covered with aluminum siding, and the interior has been altered entirely; the rear facade is in poor repair.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.028363-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/76001672_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001672/d69fcab643-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001672/d69fcab643-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jack Boucher","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_O._Tanner_House,_2908_West_Diamond_Street,_Philadelphia_(Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack Boucher</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_O._Tanner_House,_2908_West_Diamond_Street,_Philadelphia_(Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"72001151","name":"Fairmount Park","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/fairmount-park-72001151/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994327","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_O._Tanner_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5726475"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/tanner-henry-o-house-76001672/"}