{"nrhp_refnum":"98000044","name":"Albertson, Henry, Subdivision Historic District","other_names":["Albertson, Henry, Plan","Albertson, Henry, Property"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Rounghly bounded by N. Lansdowne, Clover, Wycombe, Price, and Stewart Aves., and Balfour Cir.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lansdowne","county":"Delaware County","state":"PA","lat":39.94305879950005,"lon":-75.27172869464611,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-01-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district in Lansdowne Borough, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, about five miles southwest of Philadelphia, made up of seventy-one single and twin houses built between 1884 and circa 1940 on forty-three contiguous lots subdivided from Henry Albertson's 24-acre tract.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is an outstanding example of a small late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century residential development, with an exceptional concentration of well-preserved houses exemplifying Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Tudor Revival styles. It is eligible under Criterion C for architecture. The district is also noted for the high integrity of its buildings, with only one non-contributing house.","narrative":"Lansdowne Borough's Henry Albertson Subdivision is a residential district of seventy-one single and twin houses built between 1884 and about 1940 on forty-three lots laid out from a 24-acre tract. Henry Albertson, a Quaker dry goods merchant, bought the land in 1883 with his wife Mary and built their own Queen Anne house in 1884, the first on the property. Construction peaked between about 1895 and 1905, when 61 percent of the houses were built. The district holds Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Tudor Revival houses, many with stone first stories, wood upper stories, and porches. Its buildings are regarded as unusually well preserved, with high integrity and only one non-contributing house. The district is significant as a clear example of a late nineteenth and early twentieth century suburban neighborhood near the railroad that developed with the growth of the borough.","period_of_significance":"1884 to circa 1940","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Late Victorian, Shingle Style, Prairie School, Craftsman, Neo-Colonial","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"All buildings retain their original domestic function, with the minor exception of a law office in one room of 44 East Greenwood Avenue; several houses have been converted into apartments.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.91397-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/98000044.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000044/7e00dc75ee-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000044/7e00dc75ee-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albertson_85_Greenway_DelCo_PA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albertson_85_Greenway_DelCo_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996173","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Albertson_Subdivision_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5717179"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/delaware-county/albertson-henry-subdivision-historic-district-98000044/"}