Historic Sites & Districts in University City

Spruce Street, East of 40th, 1909. Photo from the collection of Joseph M. Minardi.

Historic Districts

West Philadelphia Streetcar Suburb: Roughly bounded by U. of Pennsylvania campus, Woodlands Cemetery, Poweltown Ave., 52nd St., & Woodland Ave.; announcement; boundary; description

Garden Court: 46th to 50th Streets, Pine Street to Larchwood Avenue in West Philadelphia

Powelton Village: 32nd to 39th Streets, Lancaster Avenue to Spring Garden Street in West Philadelphia; street-by-street inventory at Powelton Village site

Dental hall, University of Pennsylvania, c. 1904.

Dental hall, University of Pennsylvania. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Collection. c. 1904

University of Pennsylvania Campus and Vicinity: Roughly bounded by Hamilton Walk, South St., 32nd St., Walnut St., 36th St., Spruce St., 39th St.; College Hall; Furness Library; Sansom Row (3400 Block of Sansom Street); University Avenue Bridge

Parkside Historic District: Bounded by Penn-Central Railroad Tracks, 38th Street, Girard, Parkside, and Belmont Avenues

Haddington Historic District: 6000 Blocks of Market, Ludlow, and Chestnut Streets

Overbrook Farms Historic District: Roughly bounded by City Line Avenue, 58th Street, Woodbine Avenue, and 64th Street

Cobbs Creek Automobile Suburb Historic District: Roughly bounded by Cobbs Creek Parkway, Spruce St., 62nd St., and Angora St.

Historic Sites

Featured Historic Sites

Vintage Photos

Penn Dorms | c. 1908, image 1 of 3 — Dormitories at the University of Pennsylvania, c. 1908. From Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Collection. *more vintage photos*

Penn Dorms | c. 1908, image 2 of 3 — Dormitories at the University of Pennsylvania, c. 1908. From Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Collection. *more vintage photos*

Cedar Park Area

Regent-Rennoc Court: 5100 block of Regent St.; 1311-1327 S. 52nd St.

The Woodlands

Woodlands National Register Nomination: 4000 Woodland Avenue

Hamilton Mansion at the Woodlands Cemetery. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Collection. c. 1900

More Sites

Fairmount Park

Fort Mifflin: Marina Road and Penrose Ferry Road

John Bartram House and Gardens: 54th Street and Eastwick Avenue

Sites in Powelton Village

Frederick A. Poth Houses: 3301-3311 Powelton Ave.

Poth and Schmidt Development Houses: 3306-3316 Arch St.

The Powelton Apartments: 3500-3520 Powelton Ave.; 214-218 N. 35th St.; 215-221 N. 36th St.

John Shedwick Development Houses: 3433-3439 Lancaster Ave.

30th Street Station

Centennial Bank: 3200 Market St.; designed by Frank Furness

Sites in the Spruce Hill Area

The Drexel Development Historic District: The area around Pine, Delancey, 39th, and 40th Streets

The Hamilton Family Estate: 4039-4041 Baltimore Ave.; 4000-4018 Pine St.

The Pinehurst Apartments: 4511-4523 Pine St.; 324-334 S. 45th St.

Woodland Terrace: 501-519, 500-520 Woodland Terrace

Sites in the Walnut Hill Area

Breslyn Apartments: 4624-4642 Walnut St.; 201-213 S. 47th St.

LaBlanche Apartments: 5100 Walnut St.

WFIL Studios: 4548 Market St.; Site of American Bandstand broadcasts

Kirkbride's Hospital: 111 N. 49th St.

Paul Robeson House: 4951 Walnut St.

University City Historical Society