Built c. 1862, 1925 Area 1,200 m² | NRHP Reference # 78002453 Added to NRHP 29 August 1978 | |
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Architect Allison, Walter C.; Tilden, Register & Pepper |
Ringgold Place is a set of 26 historic rowhouses located in the Rittenhouse Square West neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They were built about 1862, and their scale reflects the material shortages during the American Civil War. The three-story brick residences measure 14 feet by 20 feet, with spartan facades and interiors, over a raised basement. The properties were acquired in 1925, by noted Philadelphia architect George Howe (1886–1955). His office was located at 1900 Ringgold Place and he owned the houses until 1934. He or Tilden, Register & Pepper, a firm he employed, modernized the dwellings and introduced some decorative elements to the 19th Street facades.
The houses were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.