Breslyn Apartments


Breslyn Apartments
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Breslyn Apartments, May 2010
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Location	4624-4642 Walnut St., 201-213 S. 47th St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°57′19″N 75°12′55″W / 39.95528°N 75.21528°W / 39.95528; -75.21528Coordinates: 39°57′19″N 75°12′55″W / 39.95528°N 75.21528°W / 39.95528; -75.21528
Area	less than one acre
Built	1913
Architect	Michaelsen, Frederick,C.
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
NRHP Reference #	82001544^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 14, 1982

Breslyn Apartments is a historic apartment complex located in the Spruce Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1913, and consists of five three-story, brick and granite buildings with terra cotta and galvanized-iron trim in the Beaux Arts-style. Each building measures 38 feet wide and 98 feet deep. The buildings features large open porch-balconies with Ionic order columns, segmental-arch windows, bow and bay windows, and terra cotta piers with Corinthian order caps.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Richard Webster (July 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Breslyn Apartments" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.

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