{"nrhp_refnum":"99000628","name":"Coltrane, John, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1511 North 33rd Street","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.98028894650005,"lon":-75.18841513203893,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-01-20","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1999-01-20","areas_of_significance":["Performing Arts","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick rowhouse at 1511 North 33rd Street in North Philadelphia, built at the turn of the century as a speculative building project, with a Colonial Revival character and a curvilinear Dutch gable.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is most closely associated with jazz musician John Coltrane during the productive core of his career, and that its own significance is tied to his life and to the house's very high level of historic integrity. It is presented as the place where many of the principal events of his life occurred, including his 1957 recovery from heroin addiction.","narrative":"A three-story brick rowhouse at 1511 North 33rd Street in North Philadelphia, built around the turn of the century as a speculative project in a middle-class neighborhood. Its curvilinear Dutch gable, Palladian window, pressed-metal polygonal bay and tile roof reflect the Colonial Revival taste of its period, and its interior keeps original sash, doors, a Colonial Revival stair and a tile entrance vestibule. John Coltrane bought the house in early 1952 and owned it until his death in 1967. He lived there with his mother and cousin Mary Alexander, and he married Naima Austin in 1955. Coltrane recovered from heroin addiction in a second-story rear bedroom here in 1957, the year his mature style first emerged. Its significance lies in its close association with the saxophonist during the years he developed the modal style that transformed jazz. The house is regarded as the property most closely tied to his productive period.","period_of_significance":"1952-1967","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Described as virtually unchanged since 1952 and in continuous family occupation; the surrounding neighborhood is described as suffering from abandoned buildings and vacant lots.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.405811-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/99000628_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000628/ce24b78f6f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000628/ce24b78f6f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"See below","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WTP_A16_youcanlookitup_2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">See below</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:WTP_A16_youcanlookitup_2.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"72001151","name":"Fairmount Park","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/fairmount-park-72001151/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994361","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coltrane_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6226777"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/coltrane-john-house-99000628/"}