{"nrhp_refnum":"85002292","name":"Regent-Rennoc Court","other_names":["5100 Rennoc Street"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5100 blk. Regent St. & 1311--1327 S. 52nd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.94127737500003,"lon":-75.21803627999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A group of nine six-unit flat houses (apartment buildings) on the 5100 block of Regent Street and the east side of 52nd Street in southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The buildings were erected in 1910 for developer James Conner and designed by architect E.A. Wilson.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the group is an innovative early apartment design that brought the apartment type to a region previously developed for single-family houses. Its larger scale gave more light and air than the surrounding row houses, and its elaborate ornament distinguishes it within its row house neighborhood. The document says few apartment buildings of this type have survived in southwest Philadelphia.","narrative":"Nine six-unit flat houses built in 1910 stand on the 5100 block of Regent Street and along the east side of 52nd Street in southwest Philadelphia. Developer James Conner commissioned them, and architect E.A. Wilson designed them. Each building has a large front porch, a projecting centered entrance, and a Palladian window on the upper floor. The porches rest on reinforced concrete slabs and railroad track I-sections, and the cast stone and pressed metal ornament reflects industrial production methods of the period. The buildings are joined at the rear in groups of three on each side of Regent Street. Their larger scale gave residents more light and air than the nearby row houses, and they were built within walking distance of streetcar lines. Wilson designed more than 20,000 residential units in Philadelphia, and the document regards these buildings as one of his more innovative experiments. Few apartment buildings of this type survive in the area, which makes the group important for understanding the spread of apartment living into the region.","period_of_significance":"1910","architect_builder":"E.A. Wilson (architect); James Conner (developer)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The buildings have fallen on hard times and the condition is listed as altered and fair; the document describes a planned restoration.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:34.404721-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/85002292.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002292/140822ae2f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002292/140822ae2f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Regent_Rennoc_Court.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Regent_Rennoc_Court.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997228","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regent-Rennoc_Court","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7308072"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/regent-rennoc-court-85002292/"}