Ramcat Historic District

Ramcat Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
South 25th, Ramcat Historic District, February 2014
Location	Roughly bounded by Market, Twenty-third, and Bainbridge Sts., and RR yards, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°56′55″N 75°10′54″W / 39.94861°N 75.18167°WCoordinates: 39°56′55″N 75°10′54″W / 39.94861°N 75.18167°W
Area	48 acres (19 ha)
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian, Federal
NRHP Reference #	86000055[1]
Added to NRHP	January 8, 1986

Ramcat Historic District, also known as the Schuylkill Historic District, is a national historic district located in the Rittenhouse Square West neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 613 contributing buildings. It includes a mix of transportation-related, residential, and industrial properties. The mid- to late-19th century housing stock is characterized as two-story, rowhouse dwellings for the working class. Notable non-residential buildings include the Wanamaker delivery garage, Gimbel's delivery garage, Lanston Monotype Co., Lipincott and Co. Press Building, Thornton-Fuller Auto Assembly Plant (1925), Crane Ice Cream Co. (1904, 1914), and the New York Pie Baking Co.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.^[1]

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  25th and Pine Streets
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  25th and Panama
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  Pine Street

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes George E. Thomas (July 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Ramcat Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16.