Alden Park Manor
Alden Park Manor | |
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| Location | 5500 Wissahickon Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°1′34″N 75°11′10″W / 40.02611°N 75.18611°W |
| Area | 38 acres |
| Built | 1925 |
| Architect | Edwin Rorke |
| Architectural style | Jacobean Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 80003606[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 15, 1980 |
Alden Park Manor is a living community located in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States.
History
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Built in the Jacobean Revival 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 Edwin 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.[2][citation needed]
The complex overlooks the Wissahickon Valley section of Fairmount Park 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 National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places in 1981.[citation needed] In the fall of 2015, a private firm bought the property for $59 million and began restorations.[3]
External links
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- Official website
- Alden Park Apartments at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Smith, Sandy (2016-08-16). "Hard Hat Tour: The Rebirth of Alden Park". Philadelphia Magazine. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
- ^ Heavens, Alan J (2016-04-03). "Changes afoot to update 1920s classic Alden Park Manor". Inquirer. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
