{"nrhp_refnum":"83002272","name":"Hockley Row","other_names":["Victoria House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"237-241 S. 21st St., 2049 Locust St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.94972817300004,"lon":-75.17603563899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-04-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A row of four houses built in 1885 by Thomas Hockley on the east side of South 21st Street between St. James Street and Locust Street in Philadelphia, with three units fronting 21st Street (numbers 237, 239 and 241) and one entered from Locust Street (numbered 2049).","why_significant":"The row is argued to be a major work of the Furness and Evans firm and an early statement of its mature style, with expressive massing, ironwork and carved interior detail. Its plan is described as an original solution to the shallow Philadelphia row lot, and it is said to retain a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Four connected brick houses on the east side of South 21st Street in Philadelphia were built around 1885 for developer Thomas Hockley, who lived next door at 235 South 21st Street. The architects were Furness and Evans. The row is built of Philadelphia hard pressed brick over a rusticated stone basement, with brownstone sills, basket weave and herringbone brickwork, a slate mansard, and a conical-capped round tower at the northwest corner. Its interiors keep carved mantels, panelled halls, a wainscoted dining room with a gesso sunburst ceiling, and leaded glass transoms. The plan separated circulation and service spaces, allowing wider units on a narrow lot. The row is regarded as one of the most important surviving works of Furness, showing a shift from Ruskinian Gothic toward a more expressive, material-based style. It also belongs to a streetscape of other Furness commissions.","period_of_significance":"ca.1884-1886","architect_builder":"Furness and Evans (architect)","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 17:11:34.389121-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/83002272.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83002272/6755bdb86d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83002272/6755bdb86d-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hockley_Row_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hockley_Row_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997010","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockley_Row","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5875817"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/hockley-row-83002272/"}