Alden Park Manor is a living community located in the Germantown neighborhood of

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History

Built in the

Jacobean Revival The Jacobethan or Jacobean Revival architectural style is the mixed national Renaissance revival style that was made popular in England from the late 1820s, which derived most of its inspiration and its repertory from the English Renaissance (15 ...

style, Alden Park Manor was founded and built in 1926. The complex has three sets of towers - the Manor, Kenilworth, and Cambridge buildings. Designed by Edwyn Rorke and developed by Lawrence Jones, it was built in a park-like setting on thirty-eight acres that had been the Justus C. Strawbridge estate. It was the first co-operative apartment complex in Philadelphia, although it now operates only as rentals. The complex overlooks the Wissahickon Valley section of

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in the city's Germantown section. The buildings are surrounded by lawns and gardens, a rarity in the fairly urban setting. The complex features a unique indoor swimming pool which is lined with Mercer tiles and has a retractable roof. Alden Park was listed on the

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in 1980 and on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places in 1981. The complex has been substantially renovated since 2015.

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Alden Park Apartments
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References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia Residential buildings completed in 1925 Germantown, Philadelphia