Clinton Street Historic District

Historic district in Pennsylvania, United States

United States historic place


Clinton Street Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Clinton Street Historic District, April 2010
39°56′42″N 75°9′31″W / 39.94500°N 75.15861°W / 39.94500; -75.15861
Area	9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	1835
NRHP reference No.	72001148^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 26, 1972

Clinton Street Historic District is a national historic district located in the Washington Square West neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It includes 71 brick rowhouses built between 1835 and 1850. They are between 3 1/2- and 4-stories and consist of the typical Philadelphia rowhouse plan with front building, piazza, and back building. It was a fashionable residential section in the 19th century and home to such notable figures as architect Addison Hutton (1834–1916), Rt. Rev. William Bacon Stevens (1815-1887), and Agnes Repplier (1855-1950). Located in the district and separately listed is the J. Peter Lesley House at 1008 Clinton Street.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved June 16, 2012. Note: This includes Pennsylvania Register of Historic Sites and Landmarks (August 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Clinton Street Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved June 16, 2012.