Garden Court

United States historic place


Garden Court Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district


39°57′7″N 75°13′7″W / 39.95194°N 75.21861°W / 39.95194; -75.21861
Area	35 acres (14 ha)
Built	1919
Architect	Clarence Siegal
Architectural style	Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Bungalow/Craftsman
NRHP reference No.	84003539^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 5, 1984

Garden Court is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located west of the Spruce Hill, north of Cedar Park, east of Cobbs Creek, and south of Walnut Hill.

In the 1920s, The Philadelphia Inquirer called Garden Court "the most exclusive location in West Philadelphia." Garden Court was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1984. The neighborhood contains a diverse mix of housing types, including the 116-unit Garden Court Condominiums. It is a racially diverse neighborhood. Income and property values are greater than those of West Philadelphia as a whole.^[2]

The neighborhood is predominantly residential, but contains small rows of shops around the intersections of 48th and Spruce, and 47th and Pine.

Location

The neighborhoods stretches east to 46th Street, west to 52nd Street, north to Locust Street, and south to Cedar Avenue in West Philadelphia.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ Thomas, George (1984). "Garden Court Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved December 31, 2013.

External links

Garden Court Historic District
A History of Garden Court
Garden Court Community Garden
https://web.archive.org/web/20061231013824/http://westphillydata.library.upenn.edu/infoR_Neigh_GrdnCourt.htm
Historic Photographs of Garden Court, PhillyHistory.org

Communities of Philadelphia

Former municipalities are below.

Sections and
Neighborhoods

Center City

Avenue of the Arts
Broad Street
Chinatown
Fitler Square
Franklin Square
Jewelers' Row
Logan Square
Old City
Penn's Landing
Rittenhouse Square
Society Hill
South Street
Washington Square West

Lower North	Badlands Belfield Brewerytown Callowhill Cecil B. Moore El Centro de Oro / Fairhill Fairmount Francisville Hartranft Ivy Hill Ludlow N3RD Street North Central Northern Liberties North Philadelphia East North Philadelphia West Poplar Sharswood South Lehigh Spring Garden Stanton Strawberry Mansion Yorktown
Upper North	Allegheny West Badlands Franklinville Glenwood Hunting Park Nicetown–Tioga Olde Kensington Swampoodle West Kensington
Olney-Oak Lane	East Oak Lane Feltonville Fern Rock Koreatown Logan Ogontz Olney West Oak Lane

Northwest

Lower Northwest	Andorra East Falls Manayunk Parkland Roxborough Wissahickon
Upper Northwest	Beggarstown Cedarbrook Chestnut Hill Germantown Morton Mount Airy Wister

Northeast

Near Northeast	Burholme Castor Gardens Crescentville Fox Chase Frankford Holme Circle Holmesburg Juniata Lawndale Lexington Park Mayfair Oxford Circle Rhawnhurst Ryers Tacony Wissinoming
Far Northeast	Academy Gardens Ashton-Woodenbridge Bustleton Byberry Crestmont Farms Millbrook Modena Park Morrell Park Normandy Parkwood Pennypack Somerton Torresdale Upper Holmesburg Winchester Park
River Wards	Bridesburg Fishtown Harrowgate Kensington Olde Richmond Port Richmond

Former
Municipalities

Cities	Philadelphia (Center City)
Boroughs	Aramingo Bridesburg Frankford Germantown Manayunk West Philadelphia Whitehall
Districts	Belmont Kensington Moyamensing Northern Liberties Penn Richmond Southwark Spring Garden
Townships	Blockley Bristol Byberry Delaware Germantown Kingsessing Lower Dublin Moreland Northern Liberties Oxford Passyunk Penn Roxborough

Footnotes

As a consolidated city-county Philadelphia is its own county seat.

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