Alden Park Manor
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Alden Park Manor is an apartment complex located at School House Lane and Wissahickon Avenue in the Germantown
neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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, in the city's Germantown section. The buildings were once entirely surrounded by lawns, gardens and large neighboring estates, but is now in a more urban setting dominated by multi-story apartment houses, busy streets and parked cars. The complex features a unique swimming pool which is lined with Mercer tiles and has a retractable roof.
The complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1980 and to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places in 1981. The complex was substantially renovated by Leclere Associates Architects from 2003-2006. Some photos of the renovation can be seen at Dennis Cudd Studios, LLC who was a project manager of the renovation.
Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Germantown is a neighborhood in the northwest section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, about 7–8 miles northwest from the center of the city...
neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
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History
Alden Park apartments were begun in 1908 and built in the Jacobean Revival style. The complex has three sets of towers; The Manor, The Kenilworth and The Cambridge buildings. Designed by Edwyn Rorke and developed by Lawrence Jones, it was built in a park-like setting on thirty-eight acres that were the Justus C. Strawbridge estate. It was the first co-operative apartment complex in Philadelphia, although Alden Park apartments are now rental buildings. It is located next to and overlooking the Wissahickon Valley section of Fairmount ParkFairmount Park
Fairmount Park is the municipal park system of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It consists of 63 parks, with , all overseen by the Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation, successor to the Fairmount Park Commission in 2010.-Fairmount Park proper:...
, in the city's Germantown section. The buildings were once entirely surrounded by lawns, gardens and large neighboring estates, but is now in a more urban setting dominated by multi-story apartment houses, busy streets and parked cars. The complex features a unique swimming pool which is lined with Mercer tiles and has a retractable roof.
The complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1980 and to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places in 1981. The complex was substantially renovated by Leclere Associates Architects from 2003-2006. Some photos of the renovation can be seen at Dennis Cudd Studios, LLC who was a project manager of the renovation.
External links
- Alden Park Manor official website
- Alden Park Apartments at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings