St. Joseph's House for Homeless Industrious Boys

St. Joseph's House for Homeless Industrious Boys
St. Joseph's House for Homeless Industrious Boys, September, 2010
Location 1511 and 1515--1527 Allegheny Rd., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°0′6″N 75°9′22″W / 40.00167°N 75.15611°W / 40.00167; -75.15611Coordinates: 40°0′6″N 75°9′22″W / 40.00167°N 75.15611°W / 40.00167; -75.15611
Area 1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built 1929
Architect Hoffman-Henon; Getz, Peter, et al.
Architectural style Romanesque, Italianate, Tudor Revival
NRHP reference # 96001204[1]
Added to NRHP October 24, 1996

St. Joseph's House for Homeless Industrious Boys is a historic charity building at 1511 and 1515-1527 West Allegheny Avenue in the Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

It was designed by the Philadelphia architectural firm of Hoffman-Henon and built in 1929. It was added to the National Register in 1996.[2]

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Perloff, Carol Beneson (1996). "St. Joseph's House for Homeless Industrious Boys" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved January 7, 2014.


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