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UCREVIEW.COM · NOVEMBER 02 · 2011 Save Our Sites 2011 List of Endangered Sites Part II continued from page 2 Harry Asbury House: 2023-2025 Rittenhouse Square Street Oak Lane Reform Church East End of Irving Street
Spring House in the back, which has also been ne- glected. These structures are in deteriorating condi- tion, and located in a con- text in which otherwise the houses are well main- tained. “The Historic Houses of Awbury”, Awbury Arbore- tum Association. 16. Industrial Buildings at Wayne Junction consti- tutes an ensemble of vari- ous 19th century buildings gathered around the train station designed by famed Frank Furness, and serves as an important transpor- tation node in German- town. The group of build- ings, mostly in deterio- rated condition, has great potential for being turned into residential structures, given their close proxim- ity to public transporta- tion amenities. Among the buildings is the Wayne Junction Trust Company, at 4405 Germantown Av- enue, designed by Thomas B. Lippincott.
Caroline Elizabeth Cope Farmer’s Cottage at Awbury Arboretum Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore (PWB) Railroad Industrial Buildings at Wayne Junction Hermitage Mansion
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CENTER CITY/WASH- INGTON SQUARE WEST 17. 2023-2025 Rittenhouse Square Street (S. 20th and Rittenhouse Square Streets) This charming building was a former stable, now used as a car garage. The architect, if any, is un- known. It was placed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places on Janu- ary 6, 1972. Note the relief sculpture of a horse’s head under the blind arch at the top center of the building. The stable is in deplorable condition, with spalling terra cotta, loose brick and broken windows. 18. East End of Irving Street (Washington Square West) The east extension of Ir- ving Street comes to a dead end between 11th and 12th streets. When the Philadel- phia City Plan was created in the 19th century, this section of the street was not included. The adjacent
neighbors have attempted to privatize it, which Save Our Sites oppose because they say that privatizing this little piece of street will make it more difficult for the public to use and enjoy. 19. Philadelphia, Wilm- ington & Baltimore (PWB) Railroad (S. 15th and Car- penter Streets) The Philadelphia, Wilm- ington & Baltimore (PWB) Railroad buildings were constructed during the Civil War Era. The station, along with an adjacent hospital, made the inter- section of Broad and Wash- ington a major military transport center during the Civil War. The head house was demolished, but the remaining service building pictured here faces possible demolition by neglect. The building needs to be recog- nized for its potential for furthering development at this important intersec- tion, as well as a landmark commemorating the Civil War.
FAIRMOUNT PARK 20. Hermitage Mansion: 700 Hermit Lane (Fair- mount Park) Hermitage Mansion is lo- cated in the Wissahickon area of Fairmount Park. The Rosicrucians, or Her- mits, emigrated from Ger- many in 1694 and were given 175 acres in Wissa- hickon Valley. After their leader Kelpius died few people remained, includ- ing Righter family. The Righters sold the prop- erty to Evan Prowattain in 1848, who built the man- sion that still exists today. Recently, but no longer, the Delaware Valley Op- era Company occupied the mansion but had financial difficulties maintaining it. Fairmount Park Commis- sion is presently undertak- ing some repair work, but since the mansion is hid- den away in Wissahickon Valley, and is relatively un- known and uncelebrated, we have placed it on our endangered list.
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