{"nrhp_refnum":"85000690","name":"Overbrook Farms","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by City Line Ave., 58th St., Woodbine Ave. and 64th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.98769557050005,"lon":-75.25474386705795,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-03-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Overbrook Farms is a planned late 19th and early 20th century suburban residential district of about 168 acres on the western edge of Philadelphia, bisected by the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It contains 413 structures, mostly three-story houses, along with churches and commercial buildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is a significant example of planned railroad suburb development from 1893 onward, developed by Drexel & Co. with a complete range of residential, commercial, educational and religious buildings. Its varied architecture by notable architects, its largely intact original form, and its links to wealthy industrial families are cited as reasons for its importance.","narrative":"Overbrook Farms is a planned residential district on 168 acres in western Philadelphia, laid out in 1893 along the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Drexel & Co. commissioned developers Herman Wendell and Walter Bassett Smith to build a model commuter suburb for affluent residents who worked in the city. The district contains 413 structures, most of them three-story houses built of stone, Pompeian brick and stucco, along with three churches on Lancaster Pike, a commercial block on 63rd Street and a steam heat plant that served all the buildings until 1973. Architects including Horace Trumbauer, Walter F. Price and Keen & Mead designed the houses in a range of revival styles. Early residents included Major Luther S. Bent of Pennsylvania Steel and several state officials. The district is regarded as an intact example of a turn-of-the-century railroad suburb, with its original street pattern, tree cover and architecture largely preserved.","period_of_significance":"1893-1934","architect_builder":"Horace Trumbauer, Walter F. Price, Keen & Mead, Thomas P. Lonsdale, Addison Hutton, Frederick Mann and others; developers Herman Wendell and Walter Bassett Smith","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Gothic Revival, Arts and Crafts, Queen Anne, Italian Villa, Federal Revival, Italianate","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Most homes are in good to excellent condition; the steam heat plant building is stated to be vacant","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.957703-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/85000690.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997188","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131398003"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/overbrook-farms-85000690/"}