Alden Park Manor
Alden Park Manor | |
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| Location | School House Lane and Wissahickon Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°1′34″N 75°11′10″W / 40.02611°N 75.18611°W |
| Area | 38 acres |
| Built | 1925 |
| Architect | Edwin Rorke |
| Architectural style | Other |
| NRHP reference No. | 80003606[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 15, 1980 |
Alden Park Manor is an apartment complex located at School House Lane and Wissahickon Avenue in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States.
The community has a tiled pool with a retractable roof, tennis court, walking and biking trails, and gazebo.[2]
History
Built in the Jacobean Revival style, Alden Park Manor was founded and built in 1926. The complex has three sets of towers - the Manor, Kenilworth, and Cambridge buildings. Designed by Edwin Rorke and developed by Lawrence Jones, it was built in a park-like setting on thirty-eight acres that had been the Justus C. Strawbridge estate. It was the first co-operative apartment complex in Philadelphia, although it now operates only as rentals.
The complex overlooks the Wissahickon Valley section of Fairmount Park in the city's Germantown section. The buildings were once surrounded by lawns, gardens, and large estates, but now occupies a more urban setting. The complex features a unique swimming pool which is lined with Mercer tiles and has a retractable roof. Alden Park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places[citation needed] in 1981. The complex was substantially renovated in the early 2000s as well as since 2011.
External links
- Official website
- Alden Park Apartments at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Thomas, George E. (1980). "Alden Park Manor" (PDF). National Register of Historical Places Nomination Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
