Chestnut Hill Historic District (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)


Chestnut Hill Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Houston-Sauveur House (1885), 8205 Seminole Avenue.
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Location	Roughly bounded by Fairmount Park and Montgomery Co. Line, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°4′18″N 75°12′47″W / 40.07167°N 75.21306°W / 40.07167; -75.21306Coordinates: 40°4′18″N 75°12′47″W / 40.07167°N 75.21306°W / 40.07167; -75.21306
Area	1,920 acres (780 ha)
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Mid 19th Century Revival, Early Republic, Late Victorian
NRHP Reference #	85001334^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 20, 1985

The Chestnut Hill Historic District is a historic area covering all the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[2]

Contributing properties

The historic district comprises 1,987 contributing properties over 1,920 acres, including:

The Anglecot (designed by Wilson Eyre)
Druim Moir Historic District, includes Romanesque Revival mansion (1883–86), designed by G. W. & W. D. Hewitt
Graver's Lane Station (1883), designed by Frank Furness
John Story Jenks School (1922), designed by Irwin T. Catharine
Thomas Mill Covered Bridge (across the Wissahickon Creek, the only traditional covered bridge in Philadelphia)
Wissahickon Inn (now Chestnut Hill Academy) (1883–84), designed by G. W. & W. D. Hewitt
Inglewood Cottage (1850), designed by Thomas Ustick Walter
The former site of Boxly, the estate of Frederick Winslow Taylor, where Taylor often received the business-management pilgrims who came to meet the "Father of Scientific Management"
Esherick House (1961), designed by Louis Kahn
Vanna Venturi House (1962–64), designed by Robert Venturi

↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Moak, Jefferson M. (1985). "Chestnut Hill Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved January 5, 2014.

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