Anglecot

	The Anglecot
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
Location	Evergreen & Prospect Avenues; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°4′51″N 75°12′14″W / 40.08083°N 75.20389°W
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1883
Architect	Wilson Eyre; John J. Boyle (sculptor)
Architectural style	Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	82003806
Added to NRHP	April 19, 1982

The Anglecot, also known as the Potter Residence, is a historic residence in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.^[2] It was designed by noted Philadelphia architect Wilson Eyre for Charles Adams Potter (1860-1925), a manufacturer of linoleum.^[3]

Its name is a shortening of "Angled Cottage," and it was built at a 45-degree angle to the intersection of Evergreen and Prospect Avenues.

Anglecot was a sanatorium in the 1970s. It is now divided into condominiums.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is a contributing property of the Chestnut Hill Historic District.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ "Anglecot" plan & photos^{[permanent dead link‍]} at University of Pennsylvania
^ Hotchkin, Samuel Fitch (1889). Ancient and Modern Germantown, Mount Airy, and Chestnut Hill. Philadelphia: P. W. Ziegler & Company. Retrieved 2008-04-28. samuel hotchkin., p. 484.

External links

Photograph and article at Bryn Mawr College.
Listing at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

[2] "Anglecot" plan & photos^{[permanent dead link‍]} at University of Pennsylvania

[3] Hotchkin, Samuel Fitch (1889). Ancient and Modern Germantown, Mount Airy, and Chestnut Hill. Philadelphia: P. W. Ziegler & Company. Retrieved 2008-04-28. samuel hotchkin., p. 484.

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