National Register of Historic Places listings in West Philadelphia

Location of West Philadelphia in Philadelphia

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in West Philadelphia.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.

There are 540 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Philadelphia, including 67 National Historic Landmarks. West Philadelphia includes 62 of these properties and districts, including 5 National Historic Landmarks; the city's remaining properties and districts are listed elsewhere. Two sites are split between West Philadelphia and other parts of the city, and are thus included on multiple lists.

Current listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	Neighborhood	Summary
1	32nd St. and Lancaster Ave. Philadelphia Armory		01991-11-14November 14, 1991	Junction of 32nd Street and Lancaster Avenue 39°57′23″N 75°11′19″W	University City
2	Dimner Beeber Junior High School		01988-11-18November 18, 1988	5901 Malvern Avenue 39°59′11″N 75°14′34″W	West Parkside
3	Bell Telephone Exchange Building		02002-03-20March 20, 2002	8–12 North Preston Street 39°57′28″N 75°12′15″W	Powelton Village	Telephone switching station from about 1900 to 1928
4	Belmont Avenue Bridge in Philadelphia		01988-06-22June 22, 1988	Belmont Avenue over Ramp B 39°59′37″N 75°13′4.3″W	Fairmount Park
5	Belmont School		01988-11-18November 18, 1988	4030–4060 Brown Street 39°58′0″N 75°12′18″W	Belmont
6	Rudolph Blankenburg School		01988-11-18November 18, 1988	4600 Girard Avenue 39°58′21″N 75°12′55″W	Mill Creek
7	Breslyn Apartments		01982-11-14November 14, 1982	4624–4642 Walnut Street, 201–213 South 47th Street 39°57′20″N 75°12′55″W	Spruce Hill
8	George L. Brooks School		01986-12-04December 4, 1986	5629–5643 Haverford Avenue 39°58′6″N 75°14′0″W	Haddington
9	Lewis C. Cassidy School		01988-11-18November 18, 1988	6523–6543 Lansdowne Avenue 39°58′30″N 75°15′3″W	Morris Park
10	Centennial National Bank		01971-03-11March 11, 1971	32nd and Market Streets 39°57′18″N 75°11′13″W	University City	Frank Furness, architect (1875–76).
11	Chamounix		01972-04-26April 26, 1972	West Fairmount Park on Chamounix Drive 40°0′13.5″N 75°11′46.5″W	Fairmount Park
12	City Line Avenue Bridge		01988-06-22June 22, 1988	City Avenue over eastern branch of Indian Creek 39°58′29″N 75°16′50″W	Overbrook Farms
13	Cobbs Creek Automobile Suburb Historic District		01998-11-12November 12, 1998	Roughly bounded by Cobbs Creek Parkway, Spruce Street, 62nd Street, and Angora Street 39°57′1″N 75°14′50″W	Cobbs Creek
14	College Hall, University of Pennsylvania		01978-02-14February 14, 1978	Bounded by Walnut, Spruce, 34th, and 36th Streets 39°57′5″N 75°11′38″W	University City	Thomas W. Richards, architect (1870–72).
15	Drexel Development Historic District		01982-11-14November 14, 1982	Roughly bounded by Pine, Delancey, 39th and 40th Streets 39°57′3″N 75°12′9″W	University City
16	Thomas Dunlap School		01986-12-04December 4, 1986	5031 Race Street 39°57′47″N 75°13′18″W	Haddington
17	Fairmount Park		01972-02-07February 7, 1972	Both banks of the Schuylkill River and the Wissahickon Creek, from Spring Garden Street to Northwestern Avenue 39°59′33″N 75°12′19″W	Fairmount Park	Extends into North and Northwest Philadelphia
18	Furness Library		01972-05-19May 19, 1972	34th Street below Walnut on the University of Pennsylvania campus 39°57′6″N 75°11′34″W	West Philadelphia	Frank Furness, architect (1888–91).
19	Garden Court Historic District		01984-07-05July 5, 1984	Roughly bounded by Larchwood Avenue, 46th, 50th, and Pine Streets; also 4526–4534 and 4537–4539 Osage Avenue 39°57′6.5″N 75°13′7″W	Garden Court
20	Haddington Historic District		01988-09-29September 29, 1988	6000 blocks of Market, Ludlow and Chestnut Streets 39°57′41″N 75°14′31″W	Haddington
21	Hanson Haines House		01985-01-29January 29, 1985	4801 Springfield Avenue 39°56′46″N 75°13′1″W	Spruce Hill
22	Hajoca Corporation Headquarters and Showroom		02003-02-27February 27, 2003	3025 Walnut Street 39°57′7.5″N 75°11′6.5″W	University City
23	Hamilton Family Estate		01979-06-22June 22, 1979	4039–4041 Baltimore Avenue and 4000–4018 Pine Street 39°57′0″N 75°12′18″W	Spruce Hill
24	William B. Hanna School		01986-12-04December 4, 1986	5720–5738 Media Street 39°58′28″N 75°14′10″W	Carroll Park
25	Holmes Junior High School		01988-11-18November 18, 1988	5429–5455 Chestnut Street 39°57′34.5″N 75°13′50.5″W	Cobbs Creek
26	Hotel Pennsylvania		02012-12-26December 26, 2012	3900 Chestnut St. 39°57′18″N 75°12′00″W	University City
27	Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital		01966-10-15October 15, 1966	111 North 49th Street 39°57′42″N 75°13′2″W	Mill Creek	Samuel Sloan, architect (1856–59).
28	La Blanche Apartments		01985-03-07March 7, 1985	5100 Walnut Street 39°57′23″N 75°13′25″W	Walnut Hill
29	Henry C. Lea School of Practice		01988-11-18November 18, 1988	242 South 47th Street 39°57′16″N 75°12′59″W	Walnut Hill
30	William Mann School		01988-11-18November 18, 1988	1835–1869 North 54th Street 39°59′8″N 75°13′53″W	Wynnefield
31	Memorial Hall		01976-12-08December 8, 1976	North Concourse Drive 39°58′46″N 75°12′35″W	Fairmount Park	Herman J. Schwarzmann, architect (1874–76).
32	Monte Vista		01983-03-03March 3, 1983	917–931 North 63rd Street, 6154–6160 Oxford Street, 6151–6157 Nassau Street 39°58′46″N 75°14′44″W	Overbrook
33	Overbrook Farms		01985-03-21March 21, 1985	Roughly bounded by City Line Avenue, 58th Street, Woodbine Avenue and 64th Street 39°59′17″N 75°14′55″W	Overbrook Farms
34	Overbrook High School		01986-12-04December 4, 1986	59th and Lancaster Ave. 39°58′51.5″N 75°14′18.5″W	Overbrook
35	Overbrook School		01988-11-18November 18, 1988	6201–6231 Lebanon Avenue 39°58′55″N 75°14′44″W	Overbrook
36	Parkside Historic District		01983-11-17November 17, 1983	Bounded by Penn Central railroad tracks, 38th Street, Girard, Parkside and Belmont Avenues 39°58′24″N 75°12′23″W	Parkside
37	Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Building		01999-10-28October 28, 1999	3118–3198 Chestnut Street 39°57′12.5″N 75°11′13″W	University City
38	Pennsylvania Railroad Office Building		02003-02-27February 27, 2003	3175 John F. Kennedy Blvd. 39°57′22″N 75°11′15″W	University City
39	Pinehurst Apartments		01987-01-06January 6, 1987	4511–4523 Pine and 324–334 South 45th Streets 39°57′7″N 75°12′46.5″W	Spruce Hill
40	Poth and Schmidt Development Houses		01983-04-21April 21, 1983	3306–3316 Arch Street 39°57′27″N 75°11′24″W	University City
41	Frederick A. Poth Houses		01979-04-19April 19, 1979	3301–3311, 3315 Powelton Avenue 39°57′37″N 75°11′25″W	Powelton Village
42	Powelton Historic District		01985-05-09May 9, 1985	Roughly bounded by Brandywine Street, 32nd to 39th Streets and Lancaster Avenue 39°57′41″N 75°11′32″W	Powelton Village
43	The Powelton		01978-12-13December 13, 1978	3500–3520 Powelton Avenue, 214–218 35th Street, and 215–221 36th Street 39°57′35″N 75°11′25″W	Powelton Village
44	Protestant Episcopal Church of the Saviour		01979-08-01August 1, 1979	Ludlow Street and 3723–3725 Chestnut Street 39°57′20.5″N 75°11′52.5″W	University City	Charles M. Burns, architect (1889, rebuilt after 1902 fire).
45	Richards and Goddard Buildings		02009-01-16January 16, 2009	3700–3710 Hamilton Walk 39°56′59″N 75°11′53″W	University City	On the University of Pennsylvania campus; Louis Kahn, architect (1957–61).
46	Paul Robeson House		02000-11-22November 22, 2000	4951 Walnut Street 39°57′29″N 75°13′17″W	Spruce Hill
47	St. Anthony Hall House		02005-02-15February 15, 2005	3637 Locust Walk, University of Pennsylvania 39°57′8.5″N 75°11′47″W	University City
48	Sansom Row		01977-12-27December 27, 1977	3402–3436 Sansom St. 39°57′13″N 75°11′34″W	University City
49	John Shedwick Development Houses		01982-03-10March 10, 1982	3433–3439 Lancaster Avenue 39°57′28.5″N 75°11′31″W	Powelton Village
50	William Shoemaker Junior High School		01986-12-04December 4, 1986	1464–1488 North 53rd Street 39°58′34″N 75°13′42″W	Carroll Park
51	Mayer Sulzberger Junior High School		01988-11-18November 18, 1988	701–741 North 48th Street 39°57′53″N 75°12′58″W	Mill Creek
52	Thirtieth Street Station		01978-06-07June 7, 1978	West River Drive, Market Street, 30th, and Arch Streets 39°57′20″N 75°10′55″W	University City	Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, architects (1929–34).
53	United States Post Office-Main Branch		02006-09-05September 5, 2006	2970 Market Street 39°57′14″N 75°10′57.5″W	University City
54	University Avenue Bridge		01994-05-26May 26, 1994	South University Avenue over the Schuylkill River 39°56′34″N 75°11′49″W	University City	Extends into South Philadelphia
55	University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District		01978-12-28December 28, 1978	Roughly bounded by Hamilton Walk, South, 32nd, Walnut, 36th, Spruce, and 39th Streets 39°57′8″N 75°11′40″W	University City
56	Walnut Park Plaza Hotel		02005-05-10May 10, 2005	6232–6250 Walnut Street 39°57′33.5″N 75°14′49″W	Cobbs Creek
57	West Philadelphia High School		01986-12-04December 4, 1986	4700 Walnut St. 39°57′19″N 75°13′1″W	Spruce Hill
58	West Philadelphia Streetcar Suburb Historic District		01998-02-05February 5, 1998	Roughly bounded by the University of Pennsylvania campus, Woodlands Cemetery, Poweltown Avenue, 52nd Street, and Woodland Avenue 39°57′1″N 75°12′45″W	Spruce Hill
59	WFIL Studio		01986-07-28July 28, 1986	4548 Market Street 39°57′29.5″N 75°12′45″W	Spruce Hill
60	Woodland Terrace		01972-03-16March 16, 1972	501–519, 500–520 Woodland Terrace 39°56′58″N 75°12′16.5″W	University City	Samuel Sloan, architect.
61	The Woodlands		01967-12-24December 24, 1967	40th Street and Woodland Avenue 39°56′50″N 75°12′10″W	University City	Built ca. 1742, expanded 1787-90.
62	Wynnestay		02008-12-30December 30, 2008	5125 Woodbine Avenue 39°59′38.5″N 75°13′49.5″W	Wynnefield	Built 1689, expanded 1700.

See also

• List of National Historic Landmarks in Philadelphia
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania