The Lower North Philadelphia Speculative Housing Historic District, also known as the Cecil B. Moore Redevelopment Area, is a national
historic district
A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
located in the
North Central neighborhood of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
History and architectural features
This district encompasses 855 contributing buildings, and is a predominantly residential district, which was primarily built between 1868 and 1875 and is representative of the
Italianate and
Gothic
Gothic or Gothics may refer to:
People and languages
*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
**Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
architectural styles. It mostly consists of
rowhouse blocks, with dwellings mostly three stories in height and between 14 and 21 feet wide.
Notable non-residential buildings include the former Gethsemane Baptist Church, Messiah Lutheran Church, and Universalist Church of the Restoration. Located in the district and separately listed are the
George Meade School,
Muhlenberg School
The Muhlenberg School, also known as the Bishop Miller Tabernacle Church, is an historic, American school building that is located in the Feltonville neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
It was added to the National Register of Historic ...
, and
Wagner Free Institute of Science.
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It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
References
{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia
Historic districts in Philadelphia
North Central, Philadelphia
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania