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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
WALNUT STREET
4000 block Walnut Street
Street: Asphalt
Sidewalks: Concrete
Curbs: Mostly concrete, some granite
4013 Walnut St. (4015)
G. Kingsley, architect
c.1924
Atlas Storage Warehouse Company, developer
Monumental, three-bay, brick and glazed terra cotta, Deco/Beaux-Arts bank/office building. Distinguishing features include monumental doric columns, stained glass window within pedimented facade, terra cotta cornice on parapet wall. First floor commercial storefronts, flanking copper and granite doric columned recessed entrance way, bronze doorway. 1 Contributing.
4021 Walnut St.
Duhring, Okie and Ziegler, architects
c.1911
Two-and-one-half-story, three-bay, red brick, Colonial Revival detached house. Distinguishing features include brick and stone fence, front yard, paired column porch with modillioned cornice, pedimented and columned entrance door, ground floor Palladian windows, 6/6 sash second floor, stone capitals, modillioned cornice, gabled dormers with “gothick” sash, slate covered gambrel roof with double end chimneys. 1 Contributing.
4025-27 Walnut St.
John M. Hill, developer
c.1876
Two, two-and-one-half-story, two-bay, stone, Second Empire semi-detached houses. Distinguishing features include iron fence, front yard, full length first floor windows, segmentally arched windows with window hoods, paired bracketed wooden cornice, segmental arched dormers, slate tile mansard roof. 2 Contributing.
Original double leaf door: 4025
4029-31 Walnut St.
Penwood Company, developer
c.1923
Three-story, five-bay, tapestry brick, Colonial Revival apartment building facade on earlier Victorian house. Distinguishing features include stone base, stone door surround, stone sills, decorative stone insets, stone belt course at parapet. Sides of Victorian, highly decorated and still visible. Front yard surrounded by new brick wall. 1 Contributing.
4033 Walnut St.
John M. Hill, developer
c.1876
Two-and-one-half-story, three-bay, schist stone, Second Empire detached house. Distinguishing features include porch with pedimented entrance, iron fence, front yard, full length first floor windows originally 2/4 sash, segmentally arched windows with window hoods originally 2/2 sash on second floor, paired bracketed cornice, segmental arch dormers 2/2 sash, slate mansard roof, quoins. 1 Contributing.
4035-37 Walnut St.
Charles Lewis, developer
c.1870
Two, three-story, two-bay, formstone over brick or stone, Italianate, semi-detached houses. Distinguishing features include full length first floor windows (on 4035), paired bracketed cornice, quoins, front yard with iron fence, flat roof. Facade covered with formstone c. 1940. 2 Contributing.
4039 Walnut St.
Charles L. Lewis, developer
c.1868
Three-story, three-bay, stuccoed, Italianate detached house. Distinguishing features include iron railing, front yard, window hoods over second floor windows, semi-circular arched third floor windows, modillioned cornice, quoins, flat roof. 1 Contributing.
4041-43 Walnut St.
Henry L. Brown, developer
c.1904
Two, three-and-one-half-story, two-bay, Pompeiian brick, Colonial Revival/Victorian semi-detached houses. Distinguishing features include decorative copper bay window and third floor terra cotta window surround for triple windows, arched dormer windows, brick wall patterning. First floor commercial additions. 2 Contributing.
4045 Walnut St.
(a.k.a. 127-131 S. 41st St.)
Henry P. Sloan, developer
c.1873
Three-story, three-bay, stucco, Italianate, detached house with ground floor green house addition. See 4039 Walnut St. for description. 1 Contributing.
4012 Walnut St.
Carrere & Hastings, architects
c.1909-10
First Church of Christ, Scientist. Two-story, stuccoed, Mission Style/Renaissance Revival church. Elegant Renaissance and Mediterranean-inspired building block with a Greek Cross plan, dominated by a low central dome and four projecting gable-roofed arms of the sanctuary extending in each direction, all with red tile roofs. A formal line of five doorways lead into a shed-roofed vestibule area, each with round arches and keystones, and separated by paired pilasters executed in stucco. Between the sidewalk and church, which is set back, a wide plaza paved with red brick is set in classical patterns. The stately, chaste interior, reflective of the cool, Classical aesthetic favored by the denomination, features a coffered ceiling and cast metal chandeliers by the Tiffany Studios. Excellent example of its style and the work of nationally important architects. 1 Contributing.
4028 Walnut St.
Walter Smedley, architect
c.1900
Two-and-one-half-story, five-bay, brick, Colonial Revival detached house. Distinguishing features include paired columned porch with denticulated cornice, ground floor elliptical arched door and window openings with leaded glass sidelights, second floor stone lintels with keystones, 6/1 sash, brick quoins, denticulated and modillioned cornice, gabled dormers with “gothick” sash, brick and iron fence, front yard, rear concrete block addition. 1 Contributing.
4032-34 Walnut St.
William S. Kimball, developer
c.1898
Two, three/four-story, two-bay, Pompeiian brick Colonial Revival, semi-detached houses. Distinguishing features include stone and ionic columned porch, triple first floor windows with transoms, two-story bay window, monumental pilasters at corners, modillioned cornice, fourth story mansard on 4034 Walnut with pedimented gable over triple window, stone wall in front of 4032, front yard. 2 Contributing.
One story commercial storefront addition: 4034
4036 Walnut St.
William S. Kimball, developer
c.1898
Addition, c.1930
Sylvia Arms. Three-story, five-bay, brick and stone Art Deco apartment facade in front of two original houses. Distinguishing features include central stone entrance, brick patterning, stone pylons, glass block, flat roof. Top floor of houses as well as side walls highly visible from street. 1 Contributing.
4040-42 Walnut St.
John M. Sharp, developer
c.1895
Two, four-story, three-bay, Queen Anne, semi-detached houses. Distinguishing features include porch with pedimented entrance (4040), corner turrets, stone lintels and sills, central cross gable with half-arched windows.
Original fences replaced with brick, front yard. Porch balustrades replaced, mansard roof. 2 Contributing.
4044-46 Walnut St.
C. Russell Hinchman, developer
c.1921
Ritz Apartments. Four-story, five-bay, brick, Victorian/Colonial Revival/Mission Style apartment building addition to two Victorian houses. Distinguishing features include stone base with broken pedimented entrance, paired windows with stone sills, paired bracketed cornice, Spanish tile roof. Original houses visible above roof of apartment building and on sides. 1 Contributing.
4048-50 Walnut St.
(a.k.a. 201-211 S. 41st St.)
Empty lot.
4100 block Walnut Street
Street: Asphalt
Sidewalks: Concrete except for brick in front of 4107
Curbs: Granite
4101-07 Walnut St.
(4101 a.k.a. 128-130 S. 41st St.)
William Lanning, Henry M. Boyd, developer
c.1872
Four, three-story, two-bay, Serpentine stone, Second Empire semi-detached houses. Distinguishing features include arched double leaf entrance door, 2/2 sash, segmentally arched windows, mansard roof with slate shingles and projecting dormers, iron fences, raised front yard. 4 Contributing.
Three-story front addition with storefront, c. 1910: 4101
Slate roof replaced: 4101, 4105
Porch removed: 4101, 4105, 4107
4109 Walnut St.
Theodore Longstreth, developer
c.1895
Three-story, three-bay, buff diapered brick, Renaissance Revival detached house. Distinguishing features include iron fence, front yard, central entrance porch, two-story bay windows with ornamentation, overhanging bracketed cornice, stained glass windows on all three floors, hipped roof, tall end chimneys. 1 Contributing.
4111 Walnut St.
Wilber Watson and Assoc., Architects
Robert E. Lamb, builder
c. 1925-26
Walnut Hill. Six-story, multi-bay, brick, Renaissance Revival apartment building. Distinguishing features include cast stone base, water table, sills and modillioned cornice, and balustrade on roof, flat roof, metal casements and metal entryway. 1 Contributing.
4113-15 Walnut St.
William S. Kimball, developer
Attributed to George Hewitt, architect
c.1879
Two, three-story, two-bay, brick, Queen Anne, semi-detached houses. Distinguishing features include iron railing, front yard, millwork porch, brick patterning and stone decoration, segmentally arched windows, oversized cross gable dormer with paired windows and Furnessian floral ornamentation. 2 Contributing.
Porch balustrade added: 4113, 4115
4117-19 Walnut St.
Edward Shields, developer
William S. Kimball, builder
Attributed to George Hewitt, architect
c.1879
Two, three-story, two-bay, brick, Queen Anne, semi-detached houses. Distinguishing features include, iron fence, front yard, porch, brick and stone wall decoration, oversized cross gable dormer, with paired windows and Furnessian floral ornamentation. 2 Contributing.
Porch balustrade and deck replaced: 4117
Ground floor commercial storefront addition: 4119
4100 Walnut St.
(a.k.a. 200 S. 41st St.)
c.1915
Parking lot in front of two story yellow tapestry brick office building. Paired windows, pressed tin work on 41st Street side. 1 Contributing
4102-04 Walnut St.
Henry Brown, developer
c.1870
Two, three-story, two/three-bay stone, Second Empire, semi-detached houses. Distinguishing features include stone fence, front yard, asymmetrical plan, wood porch, segmentally arched windows, paired bracketed cornice, slate covered bell curve mansard roof with arched dormers. 2 Contributing.
Detailing removed on porch cornice: 4102
Balustrades replaced: 4102, 4104
4106 Walnut St.
G.W. and W.D. Hewitt, architects
H.L. Gaw, residence
William S. Kimball, builder
c.1880
Three-and-one-half-story, four-bay, brick, Queen Anne, detached house. Distinguishing features include iron railing, front yard, millwork porch, full length first floor windows, three-story brick bay window, corbelled brick wall patterning, corbelled brick cornice, arched dormer windows. Porch balustrade removed. Tall brick chimneys, slate covered mansard. 1 Contributing.
4130-38 Walnut St.
One-story, multi-bay, red brick, medical offices c. 1920. 1 Contributing.
4200 block Walnut Street
Street: Asphalt
Sidewalks: Concrete except for slate in front of 4200, 4204-4226
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