{"nrhp_refnum":"82003806","name":"Anglecot, The","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Evergreen and Prospect Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":40.081337508000075,"lon":-75.2038193187269,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-04-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Anglecot is a three-story brick Queen Anne house angled across the exposed corner of its lot in Chestnut Hill, a suburban section of Philadelphia. It was built in 1883 for Charles Adams Potter, designed by Wilson Eyre Jr., with additions in 1901 and 1916.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a masterpiece of Eyre's early maturity and a hybrid of the Queen Anne and Shingle Style, adapted to a suburban setting. Its features are compared with works by McKim, Mead and White, Shaw and others published in the period. Its interiors and carved details by John J. Boyle are also cited as important.","narrative":"Built in 1883 in Chestnut Hill, a Philadelphia suburb, this three-story brick house was designed by Wilson Eyre Jr. for Charles Adams Potter, an executive in his family's oilcloth and linoleum firm. Its diagonal siting across a corner lot gave the house its name. The exterior combines brick, gray stone, shingles and red hung tiles under a long attic roof, with a gable within a gable and corbelled chimneys. The stair hall, parlor and dining room hold built-in cupboards, mantels and carved woodwork. Additions of 1901 and 1916 added a living room with carved limestone fireplace and a music room. The house is regarded as a significant early work by Eyre, and its mixing of Queen Anne and Shingle Style elements is seen as a notable example of suburban domestic design of the 1880s. Its carved stucco and interior features were the work of sculptor John J. Boyle.","period_of_significance":"1883, 1901, 1916","architect_builder":"Wilson Eyre Jr.","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a nursing home by the Van Horn family until 1980; upper walls were sheathed in brick in 1956-57.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:34.419058-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/82003806.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003806/5237c96985-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003806/5237c96985-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anglecot.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anglecot.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/71997070","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglecot","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4763370"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/anglecot-the-82003806/"}