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Ramcat Historic District

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Architect
  
Multiple

Area
  
19 ha

NRHP Reference #
  
86000055

Added to NRHP
  
8 January 1986

Ramcat Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by Market, Twenty-third, and Bainbridge Sts., and RR yards, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Architectural style
  
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian, Federal

Ramcat Historic District, also known as the Schuylkill Historic District, is a national historic district located in the Rittenhouse Square West neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 613 contributing buildings. It includes a mix of transportation-related, residential, and industrial properties. The mid- to late-19th century housing stock is characterized as two-story, rowhouse dwellings for the working class. Notable non-residential buildings include the Wanamaker delivery garage, Gimbel's delivery garage, Lanston Monotype Co., Lippincott and Co. Press Building, Thornton-Fuller Auto Assembly Plant (1925), Crane Ice Cream Co. (1904, 1914), and the New York Pie Baking Co.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

References

Ramcat Historic District Wikipedia