Woodland Terrace is a street name and a small neighborhood of
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mansions in the
West Philadelphia section of
Philadelphia
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,
Pennsylvania
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. It was listed as a
historic district
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on the
National Register of Historic Places
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on March 16, 1972. The street runs from Baltimore Avenue to Woodland Avenue between 40th and 41st streets.
Architect
Samuel Sloan designed the houses along the street and in several other nearby areas. Woodland Terrace was built in 1861 by Charles M. S. Leslie. Twentieth-century architect
Paul Cret lived at 516 Woodland Terrace for much of his career in Philadelphia.
See also
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The Woodlands Cemetery
The Woodlands is a National Historic Landmark District on the west bank of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. It includes a Federal-style mansion, a matching carriage house and stable, and a garden landscape that in 1840 was transformed into a ...
*
West Philadelphia Streetcar Suburb Historic District
References
External links
Woodland Terrace Historic District
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia
Neighborhoods in Philadelphia
Italianate architecture in Pennsylvania
Houses completed in 1861
Historic districts in Philadelphia
West Philadelphia
1861 establishments in Pennsylvania
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
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