Chestnut Hill Historic District (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Chestnut Hill Historic District
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Houston-Sauveur House (1885), 8205 Seminole Avenue.
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Roughly bounded by Fairmount Park and Montgomery Co. Line, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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1,920 acres (780 ha) |
| Architect: |
Multiple |
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Mid 19th Century Revival, Early Republic, Late Victorian |
| Governing body: |
Local |
| NRHP Reference#: |
85001334[1] |
| Added to NRHP: |
June 20, 1985 |
The Chestnut Hill Historic District is a historic area in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district in 1985.
Contributing properties
The historic district comprises 1,987 contributing properties over 1,920 acres, including:
- The Anglecot (designed by Wilson Eyre)
- Druim Moir Historic District, includes Romanesque Revival mansion (1883-86), designed by G. W. & W. D. Hewitt.
- Graver's Lane Station (1883), designed by Frank Furness.
- John Story Jenks School (1922), designed by Irwin T. Catharine.
- Thomas Mill Covered Bridge (across the Wissahickon Creek, the only traditional covered bridge in Philadelphia)
- Wissahickon Inn (now Chestnut Hill Academy) (1883-84), designed by G. W. & W. D. Hewitt.
- Inglewood Cottage (1850), designed by Thomas Ustick Walter.
- The former site of Boxly, the estate of Frederick Winslow Taylor, where Taylor often received the business-management pilgrims who came to meet the "Father of Scientific Management".
- Esherick House (1961), designed by Louis Kahn.
- Vanna Venturi House (1962-64), designed by Robert Venturi.
See also
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- Category:National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Portal:National Register of Historic Places
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