{"nrhp_refnum":"83002279","name":"Spring Garden District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["See Also:Spring Garden District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Fairmount, Mt. Vernon, 15th and 19th Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.971186735500055,"lon":-75.17008223642853,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of mainly three-story brick row houses in the Spring Garden area of north-central Philadelphia, bounded roughly from Spring Garden Street north to Coates (now Fairmount) Avenue and from Broad Street west to the Schuylkill River. This boundary increase adds 303 buildings to the original Spring Garden Historic District.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is the best remaining example in Philadelphia of middle-class speculative and residential neighborhoods of the mid to late 19th century. It cites the unusually fine developers' rows built 1850 to 1870, the planning and building technology reflected in the houses, and the association with prominent residents including manufacturers, financiers, an artist and a bishop.","narrative":"Three-story brick row houses built mainly between 1850 and 1870 form the core of the Spring Garden district in north-central Philadelphia, which extends from Spring Garden Street north to Coates (now Fairmount) Avenue and from Broad Street west to the Schuylkill River. Many were speculative rows, with about 300 houses built by one firm, Randolph and Parry, local lumber merchants. The houses have pressed brick facades, marble trim, flat bracketed cornices and varied cast ironwork, and their interiors included bathrooms, central heating and gas lighting. Later mansard roofs, bay windows and individually designed houses from 1880 to 1910 were added within the same scale. The district was developed for lawyers, bankers, merchants and manufacturers after its 1854 annexation to Philadelphia. Notable residents included engineer Coleman Sellers, financier Edward T. Stotesbury, painter Thomas Eakins and Bishop Matthew Simpson. The district is regarded as a leading example of mid-19th-century urban residential planning.","period_of_significance":"1850-1910","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Georgian-derived row houses; Greek Revival, Italianate, late Federal and Victorian styles noted","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 17:11:34.319212-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/83002279.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997204","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/spring-garden-district-boundary-increase-83002279/"}