Data current as of the date the nomination was submitted (June 1997). Corrections and additions may have been made since then, but are not included in this file.
Original Source Information
NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018
(8-86)
United States Department of the Interior
National Park Service
National Register of Historic Places
Continuation Sheet
West Philadelphia Streetcar Suburb Historic District, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
MELVILLE STREET
200 block Melville Street
201-213 Melville St.
See 4522 Walnut Street.
215-231 Melville St.
J. Willison Smith, developer
c.1907
Nine, three-and-one-half-story, two-bay, orange brick, Colonial Revival, rowhouses in the AAABBBAAA pattern. All have front yards. Distinguishing features of A) classical columned porch with bracketed cornice, first floor stained glass transom window, second floor bay window with denticulated cornice, third floor elliptical arched windows flanked by brick pilasters, brick wall decoration, paired window hipped dormer, Spanish roof tiles on mansard roof; B) columned porch with bracketed cornice, second floor bay window with modillioned cornice and pilasters between windows, third floor paired segmental arch windows, brick wall decoration, single arched window in flemish gable dormer. 9 Contributing.
Porch balustrade removed/replaced: 217, 219, 223
Porch glazed: 231
Roof tiles replaced: 215, 217, 221, 223, 225, 227 (partial), 231
Original stained glass transom window: 215, 221, 229, 231
233-251 Melville St.
J. Willison Smith, developer
c.1907
Ten, three-and-one-half-story, two-bay, orange brick, Colonial Revival, rowhouses in the ABBAAAABBA pattern. See 215-231 Melville St. for description. 10 Contributing.
Porch posts/balustrade replaced: 233, 235, 239, 251
Roof tiles replaced: 233, 239, 241, 243, 245, 247, 249, 251
Leaded/stained glass transom windows removed: 233, 237, 245, 251
200-212 Melville St.
See 4524 Walnut St.
214-230 Melville St.
J. Willison Smith, developer
c.1907
Nine, three-and-one-half-story, two-bay, orange brick, Colonial Revival, rowhouses in the AAABBBAAA pattern. See 215-231 Melville St. for description. 9 Contributing.
Porch posts/balustrades removed: 214, 216, 224, 226, 228, 230
Roof tiles replaced: 218, 222, 224 (partial), 228, 230
Original stained glass transom window: 214, 216, 218, 220, 222, 228, 230
Iron fence existing: 234
232-46 Melville St.
J. Willison Smith, developer
c.1906
Eight, three-and-one-half-story, two-bay, orange brick, Colonial Revival, rowhouses in the ABBAABBA pattern. See 215-231 Melville St. for description. 8 Contributing.
Porch posts/balustrade replaced: 240, 246
Porch glazed: 234
Roof tiles replaced: 232, 234, 236, 238, 240, 244, 246
Leaded/stained glass transom window removed: 246
Window altered: 246
500 block Melville Street
501-543 Melville Street
c. 1920
Twenty-two, two-story, three-bay Colonial Revival tannish brick rowhouses. First floor front rooms projects toward street and contain three windows, some of which have been altered. Second story contains a slightly projecting bracketed gable bay with applied decoration. Front garden plots surrounded by low brick walls. Sash in 1/1 and 6/1 configurations. Tile roofs on most. 22 Contributing.
Modern Siding: 515, 535, 541
500-548 Melville Street
c. 1920
Twenty-five, two-story, three-bay Colonial Revival tannish brick rowhouses. First floor front rooms projects toward street and contain three windows, some of which have been altered. Second story contains a slightly projecting bracketed gable bay with applied decoration. Front garden plots surrounded by low brick walls. Sash in 1/1 and 6/1 configurations. Tile roofs on most. 25 Contributing.
Modern Siding: 500, 512, 518, 526, 548
First Floor Front Room Window Alterations: 514, 518, 524, 526, 530, 532
1200 block Melville Street
1202-1212 Melville Street
c. 1892
Six two-story, two-bay red brick Victorian rowhouses with frontices significantly wider that the typical unit in the district. Centered doorways with flanking sash. Brick corbelling visually divides units. Decorative brick mold at cornices. Flat roofs. 6 Contributing.
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