{"nrhp_refnum":"84003547","name":"Ridge Avenue Farmers' Market","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1810 Ridge Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.971997756000064,"lon":-75.16590459399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-03-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story commercial farmers' market building with basement storage areas, occupying a corner plot in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1875 in the High Victorian Gothic style.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is an imposing High Victorian Gothic design, with a basilica-type plan, open truss roof, and jerkin-head end gables used on an unusually large scale. It is possibly the only surviving structure by architect Davis E. Supplee. The market was a focal point of a busy neighborhood commercial center and drew produce from farmers travelling from Lancaster and Lebanon Counties.","narrative":"Built in 1875 on a corner plot in North Philadelphia, this one-story commercial farmers' market has basement storage and a basilica-type plan under a high open truss roof. Its High Victorian Gothic design is marked by jerkin-head end gables, Gothic-arched openings, black burnished brick patterning and a brownstone base. Architect Davis E. Supplee designed it, and the building is possibly the only surviving structure by him, an architect whose works were once confused with those of Frank Furness. Located in a working-class neighborhood a few blocks from North Broad Street, the market drew produce from farmers travelling from Lancaster and Lebanon Counties, and an adjoining hotel and stable housed them. It remained a focal point of neighborhood trade through the late nineteenth century and well into the twentieth. Alterations in 1968 bricked up some doorways and replaced entrance doors, yet the building still reflects its original commercial role. It has not operated as a market for over a decade.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Davis E. Supplee","architectural_style":"High Victorian Gothic","criteria":[],"status_note":"The document states that the building has not operated as a market for over a decade.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.462115-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/84003547.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003547/266fe17105-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003547/266fe17105-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1810_Ridge_Ave_Philly_site.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1810_Ridge_Ave_Philly_site.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"83002279","name":"Spring Garden District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/spring-garden-district-boundary-increase-83002279/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997114","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridge_Avenue_Farmers%27_Market","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7332678"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/ridge-avenue-farmers-market-84003547/"}