Architect Multiple Area 32 ha | NRHP Reference # 85003564 Added to NRHP 26 November 1985 | |
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Location Roughly bounded by McCallum St., W. Walnut Ln., Penn Central RR tracks, and W. Tulpehocken St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Architectural style Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian Similar Tulpehocken station, Ebenezer Maxwell House, Wyck House, Concord School House, John Johnson House | ||
The Tulpehocken Station Historic District is a historic area in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Large suburban houses were built in the area from about 1850 to 1900 in a variety of styles including Carpenter Gothic, Italianate, and Bracketed as part of the Picturesque Movement of architecture. In the 1870s styles moved toward High Victorian and Second Empire. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, and it covers about six square blocks, bounded by McCallum Street on the north, the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks on the south, Tulpehocken Street on the west, and Walnut Lane on the east. Thirty-seven buildings in the district are considered to be significant and 118 are considered to be contributing, with only 13 considered to be intrusions.
Contributing properties
Among the 80-acre (320,000 m2) district's 155 contributing properties are: