{"nrhp_refnum":"78002454","name":"Solomon House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"130--132 S. 17th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.95027907100007,"lon":-75.16912997899993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-08-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story double house with a mansard fourth floor at 130-132 South 17th Street in Philadelphia, one of a group of five row houses erected in 1887. The two surviving Solomon houses are the southernmost buildings of that group.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the houses are notable for their design by Frank Furness and Evans, with an unusually individualistic facade of red brick, terra cotta, a massive chimney, calla lily-like roof terminals and exposed iron at the entrance. It contends the houses are among the last large city houses in Philadelphia with their facades largely intact and that they recall the residential character of the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood.","narrative":"Built in 1887 on South 17th Street in Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square area, this four-story double house with a mansard fourth floor was designed by the firm of Furness and Evans, with B. Ketcham as builder. It was one of five houses erected that year for developer Joseph Solomon, who lived at number 132. The facade is organized by heavy cornices and terra cotta belt courses, with red slate mansards and Philadelphia pressed brick walls. Its features include a giant chimney on the Moravian Street side, overscaled corbels, spiky terra cotta at the first floor, and a great iron lintel over the entrance vestibule. The houses are regarded as a representative late work of Frank Furness, whose influence on Philadelphia architecture was then widely recognized. Two of the original five survive with their facades largely intact, which is why they are considered significant for their architecture and for their rare intact survival in the neighborhood.","period_of_significance":"1887","architect_builder":"Furness and Evans (architects); B. Ketcham (builder)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:31.120801-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/78002454.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002454/a8acf62d94-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002454/a8acf62d94-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solomon_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solomon_House.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"87002203","name":"Center City West Commercial Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/center-city-west-commercial-historic-district-87002203/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997052","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_House_(Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7558632"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/solomon-house-78002454/"}