Portico Row

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Portico Row
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Portico Row, February 2010
Portico Row is located in Philadelphia
Portico Row
Location900–930 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°56′45″N 75°9′29″W / 39.94583°N 75.15806°W / 39.94583; -75.15806Coordinates: 39°56′45″N 75°9′29″W / 39.94583°N 75.15806°W / 39.94583; -75.15806
Area1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built1831–1832
ArchitectThomas Ustick Walter
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.77001189[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 16, 1977

Portico Row is a set of 16 historic rowhouses located in the Washington Square West neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The brick houses were built between 1831 and 1832, and designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter (1804–1887). They have the typical Philadelphia rowhouse plan with front building, piazza, and back building and are in the Greek Revival style. Each of the eight mirror-image pairs shared a common entrance portico supported by Ionic order columns.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Linda Beacham; Barbara Playle & Matla Weiner (May 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Portico Row" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16.


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