Hockley Row

Hockley Row – also known as Evans Row or Victoria House – is a set of four architecturally significant rowhouses, located in the Rittenhouse Square West neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Hockley Row
Allen Evans House, 237 S. 21st Street.
Location237-241 S. 21st Street and 2049 Locust Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States
Coordinates39°56′59″N 75°10′35″W
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1884-1886
ArchitectAllen Evans
Furness & Evans
Architectural styleVictorian Eclectic
NRHP reference No.83002272[1]
Added to NRHPApril 21, 1983

Design of the row – 237, 239 & 241 South 21st Street and 2049 Locust Street – is attributed to architect Allen Evans, partner in the firm of Furness & Evans. They were built as speculative housing by Evans's father, 1884–86, and the architect made #237 (SE corner 21st & St. James Streets) his own residence. Each features a rusticated stone basement level, with three brick stories above, bay or box windows, wrought iron railings, elaborately shaped chimneys, and shed- and gabled-roofed dormers.[2] The house at #237 features a projecting, two-story, shingled corner tower; the houses at #239 and #241 share an entrance stair. The house at the northeast corner of 21st & Locust Streets has its entrance from the south, and is numbered 2049 Locust Street.

The houses were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

2049 Locust Street

Hockley House

Directly north of this row, at 235 S. 21st Street, is the Thomas Hockley House (1875), designed by architect Frank Furness. Allen Evans was a draftsman in Furness's office when it was built.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes George E. Thomas (1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hockley Row" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16.


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