Tabor Home for Needy and Destitute Children
Tabor Home for Needy and Destitute Children | |
Location | 601 New Britain Rd., Doylestown Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°17′32″N 75°7′47″W / 40.29222°N 75.12972°WCoordinates: 40°17′32″N 75°7′47″W / 40.29222°N 75.12972°W |
Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
Built | 1879 |
Architect | Cernea, Thomas |
Architectural style | Second Empire |
NRHP reference No. | 87001207[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 16, 1987 |
Tabor Home for Needy and Destitute Children, also known as the Philip H. Fretz Mansion, is a historic home located at Doylestown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1879,[2] and is a large L-shaped brownstone building in the Second Empire style. It consists of a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay main block with a mansard roof, a 2+1⁄2-story, hipped roof pavilion, and 1+1⁄2-story, library wing. The front facade features a central three-story square tower. It housed the Tabor Home for Needy and Destitute Children from 1913 to 1979.[3] The organization continues as Tabor Children's Services.[4]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Fretz Mansion". Living Homes. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Judith H. Moore; Jeffrey L. Marshall & William Sisson (March 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Tabor Home for Needy and Destitute Children" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-29.
- ^ "History". Tabor Children's Services. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
External links[]
- Tabor Services, Inc - Tabor Children's Services & Children’s House website
- Tabor Children’s House website
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Houses completed in 1879
- Houses in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- Organizations established in 1913
- 1913 establishments in Pennsylvania
- Bucks County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs