Edward Drinker Cope House

Edward D. Cope House
2100-2102 Pine Street
Location 2102 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°56′49.21″N 75°10′36.14″W / 39.9470028°N 75.1767056°WCoordinates: 39°56′49.21″N 75°10′36.14″W / 39.9470028°N 75.1767056°W
Built 1880
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Second Empire
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 75001660
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 15, 1975[1]
Designated NHL May 15, 1975[2]

Edward Drinker Cope House, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a home of Edward Drinker Cope, a prolific geologist and paleontologist and noted herpetologist.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975.[2][3]

View from the northeast
Bright sunlight coming in through windows in the background show a long narrow room with a Victorian fireplace at left, and light fittings (center) hanging from the ceiling. A desk and chair are at center, with the desk piled high with papers, books and specimen boxes. Another desk, partially seen in the foreground, is similarly cluttered, as is a third desk in the background. Two book cabinets, at right and left, are filled, and have more books piled on top of them to the ceiling. An empty sofa is at right.
Cope's cluttered study in 1897. The Pine Street home was filled with Cope's papers, bones, stuffed and mounted animals, and specimens preserved in alcohol that covered his desks and an improvised shelf in his bathroom.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Edward D. Cope House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
  3. ↑ James Sheire (March 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Edward Drinker Cope Home" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying one photo, exterior, from 1975 PDF (32 KB)
  4. ↑ Fowler, 196.

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