The Roberts-Quay House is an historic, American home that is located in the

Washington Square West Washington Square West is a neighborhood Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The neighborhood roughly corresponds to the area between 7th and Broad Streets and between Chestnut and South Streets, bordering on the Independence Mall tourist ar ...

neighborhood of

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. The original section was built circa 1850; it was then expanded in 1889, 1906, 1921, and 1928. It was added to the

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in 1976.

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This historic residence was the home of

Matthew Quay Matthew Stanley "Matt" Quay (September 30, 1833May 28, 1904) was an American politician of the Republican Party who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1887 until 1899 and from 1901 until his death in 1904. Quay's control ...

(1833–1904), a United States Senator from Pennsylvania. Its original section measures forty-seven feet by fifty-one feet, and is a four-story building with a

brownstone Brownstone is a brown Triassic–Jurassic sandstone that was historically a popular building material. The term is also used in the United States and Canada to refer to a townhouse clad in this or any other aesthetically similar material. Type ...

face and sides of

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, scored as brownstone. It has a basement, attic, and

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and was designed in a

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style. The expansions to the north added one hundred feet to the depth of the building. ''Note:'' This includes The house was added to the

in 1976.

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{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Renaissance Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Houses completed in 1928 Houses in Philadelphia Washington Square West, Philadelphia National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia

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