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Solomon House
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| Location: | 130–132 S. 17th St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Area: | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built: | 1887 |
| Architect: | Furness & Evans; Ketcham, B. |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 78002454[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | August 24, 1978 |
The Solomon House in Center City Philadelphia was built in 1887 by developer Joseph Solomon and contractor B. Ketcham at 130–132 South 17th Street as the southernmost of a group of five buildings of which the Solomon House is the only one still standing. Solomon then lived at 132 17th. The architects were the firm of Furness & Evans, headed by Frank Furness, who was Philadelphia's leading architect in the last half of the 19th century.
The Solomon House represents a period in Furness's career when he began a mature restrained style with several major buildings that have since been destroyed. Major features of the Solomon House include a huge chimney on the Moravian Street side of the building, a calla lily which appears to support a spur wall, and exposed ironwork at the entrance.[2] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
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