{"nrhp_refnum":"83002275","name":"Monte Vista","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"917-931 N. 63rd St., 6154-6160 Oxford St., 6151-6157 Nasseau St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.97933398300006,"lon":-75.24579694899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-03-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Monte Vista is a complex of four four-story stone apartment buildings in the Overbrook area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built in brick and Port Deposit granite ashlar. The main building dates from 1910, with the rear units E, F and G completed in 1915, 1916 and 1921.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is significant for its contribution to early twentieth-century speculative suburban development in Philadelphia, in particular for introducing the rental apartment as an alternative type of suburban housing served by trolley lines. It is also presented as one of the earliest apartment complexes in the city and as a model for mixed multiple-residence development in a neighborhood otherwise built up with single-family housing, offering both affluent and middle-income housing.","narrative":"Built in brick and Port Deposit granite ashlar, the Monte Vista is a complex of four four-story apartment buildings in Overbrook, a streetcar suburb of Philadelphia. The main building, completed in 1910, contains four units set behind a 180-foot front with three pavilions and a metal pediment identifying the complex. Units E, F and G followed in 1915, 1916 and 1921 behind it, and their rock-faced stonework and carved stone archways echo the main block. The complex was designed by James C. Fernald, with Daniel Crawford, Jr. as builder. Its significance lies in its role in early speculative suburban development along the trolley line west of the city limits. It introduced rental apartments as a form of suburban housing, with three-bedroom flats for affluent residents in the first building and smaller one- and two-bedroom units later, offering a planned social mix in a neighborhood of single-family dwellings. Its monumental granite treatment in an otherwise modest housing type is also cited as notable.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Daniel Crawford, Jr. (builder); James C. Fernald (architect)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Unit F was gutted by fire in the last year and has lost its cornice detail.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.903619-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/83002275.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83002275/3fb01320f8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83002275/3fb01320f8-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montevista_apts.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montevista_apts.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/71997226","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Vista_(Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6904942"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/monte-vista-83002275/"}