The Keeping Society of Philadelphia is a “no frills” organization that is entirely action-oriented, operating without any real funding through the means of elbow grease and sweat equity. The following nominations were submitted to the Philadelphia Historical Commission for listing in the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places by the Keeping Society and its principal volunteers.

DESIGNATED

Nomination: St. Laurentius Roman Catholic Church

Address: 1600-06 E. Berks Street, Fishtown, Kensington

Nomination: Little Wakefield, the Fisher Estate

Address: 1701 Lindley Avenue, Germantown

Nomination/Address: 81-95 Fairmount Avenue (8 Buildings)

Nomination: The Wachsmuth-Henry House

Address: 4908 Germantown Avenue, Germantown

Nomination: The Edward Corner Warehouse

Address: 1100-02 N. Delaware Avenue, Fishtown, Kensington

Nomination: “Woodside:” the Dorfeuille-Hacker Country Seat

Address: 339 E. Wister Street, Germantow

Nomination: The Francis Strawbridge House

Address: Wissahickon Avenue, Germantown (2 Buildings)

Nomination: The Frederick J. Rapp House, c. 1786

The Oldest House in Fishtown

Address: 1003 Frankford Avenue, Fishtown, Philadelphia

Nomination: 10th District Patrol House & Stable

Address: 1416-22 Frankford Avenue

Nomination: “Greenville”–the Estate of Samuel & Rebecca Smith Blodget

also The Pennsylvania Working Home for Blind Men (4 Buildings)

Address: 3514-30 Lancaster Avenue, West Philadelphia

Site: The Morse Elevator Company

Nomination/Address: 1101-03 Frankford Avenue, Fishtown, Kensington

Nomination/Address: 1105-09 Frankford Avenue, Fishtown, Kensington

 Nomination/Address: 1111-17 Frankford Avenue , Fishtown, Kensington

Site: Satterlee Heights Development

Nomination/Address: 4300-02 Osage Avenue

Nomination/Address: 4304-06 Osage Avenue

Nomination: Satterlee Heights Historic District

Addresses: 4300-02, 4304-06, 4324-26, & 4328-30 Osage Avenue

Nomination: The King Green House

Address: 5112-14 Germantown Avenue, Germantown

Nomination: Methodist Episcopal Church of the Advocate

Address: 5250 Wayne Avenue, Germantown

Nomination: Engine Company No. 16

Address: 1026-28 Belmont Avenue, West Philadelphia

Site: Thomas Powers Development

Nomination/Address: 4050 Chestnut street, West Philadelphia

Nomination/Address: 4052 Chestnut Street, West Philadelphia

Nomination/Address: 4054 Chestnut Street, West Philadelphia

Nomination/Address: 4056 Chestnut Street, West Philadelphia

Nomination/Address: 3600-30 Lancaster Avenue, West Philadelphia (16 Buildings)

Nomination: The Jonathan Graham House

Address: 5356 Chew Avenue, Germantown

Nomination: St. James Methodist Episcopal Church

Address: 111-201 E. Tabor Road, Olney

Nomination: First Mennonite Church of Philadelphia

Address: 509-13 Diamond Street, North Philadelphia

Nomination: Frankford Avenue Baptist Church

Address: 2437-39 Frankford Avenue, Kensington

Nomination: Monumental Baptist Church

Address: 4101-05 Ludlow Street, West Philadelphia

Nomination: Harbisons’ Dairies

Address: 2041-55 Coral Street, Kensington

Nomination: Weisbrod & Hess’ Loading Room, Condenser & Storage/Boiler/Wash House

Address:  2117 E. York Street, Kensington

Nomination: The Samuel Harting House, Office & Stable

Address: 18-20 E. Johnson, Germantown

Nomination: The Musical Art Club

Address: 1821-27 Ranstead Street

Nomination: The Joseph Paxson Frame Store & Dwelling

Address: 1250 E. Palmer Street, Fishtown, Kensington

Nomination: Esslingers’ Inc.

(including the Dallett Chandlery)

Address: 401-29 N. 10th Street, Callowhill

Nomination: National Security Bank

Address: 714-16 W. Girard Avenue

Nomination: St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, Germantown

Address: 6671 Germantown Avenue, Beggarstown, Mt. Airy

 

Building No. 1: Bonded Warehouse of J.A. Dougherty’s Sons Distillery

1132-40 North Front Street, Northern Liberties

Nomination: Second Associate Presbyterian Church

Address: 1523-25 North Front Street

Nomination: John and Mary Sloan House

Address: 1527 North Front Street

Nomination: First African Baptist Church

Address: 1600-06 Christian Street

Nomination: Union Baptist Church

Address: 1910 Fitzwater Street, South Philadelphia

Nomination: St. Jakobus Evangelical Lutheran Church

Address: 1647-57 North 3rd Street

Nomination: the William & Letitia Still House

Address: 625 S. Delhi Street

PENDING DESIGNATION

Nomination: Electrotype Foundry 

(co-authored with the Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia)

Address: 704 Sansom Street

Nomination: The Publishing House of Henry C. Lea & Co.

(co-authored with the Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia)

Address: 706 Sansom Street

Nomination: St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church, c. 1910

Address (church/school): 801-15 North 4th Street

Address (rectory) 319 Brown Street

Nomination: The Lutheran Theological Seminary Historic District (22 Buildings), Mt. Airy

 

Nomination: Rieger & Gretz’s Tivoli Brewery (aka Rieger & Gretz Brewing Company)

Address: 1524-38 Germantown Avenue

Nomination: The Leibert House, c. 1800-08

Address: 6950 Germantown Avenue (formerly 6926 Germantown Avenue)

Nomination: 2301-03 North Broad Street

Nomination: 2305-07 North Broad Street

WITHDRAWN

(Alternate Agreement to Preserve)

Nomination: The Otis Elevator Company

Address: 1115-27 Frankford Avenue, Fishtown, Kensington

Preservationist Oscar Beisert, Developer Roland Kassis, and the Fishtown Neighbors Association agreed to withdraw the nomination to execute an agreement to preserve the façade to allow for a more flexible reuse of the building.

WITHDRAWN

(Alternate Agreement to Preserve)

Nomination:  “Genteel Two-Story Stone Dwelling,” c. Late 1700s

Address: 6369 Germantown Avenue, Germantown

Nomination: The Store and Residence of Richard & Sophia Thewlis Bew

Address: 6365-67 Germantown Avenue

WITHDRAWN

(Alternate Agreement to Preserve)

Nomination: The Germantown Boys’ Club

Address: 23 W. Penn Street, Germantown

The agreement between the Boys & Girls Clubs of Philadelphia, the Penn Knox Neighborhood Association, and Oscar Beisert was signed on October 9, 2018.

WITHDRAWN

(Alternate Agreement to Preserve)

Nomination: Tabor Chapel, 1856-57

Address: 1640 Fitzwater Street

Designed by Samuel Sloan

DECLINED TO DESIGNATE

Determined Eligible and Significant by the Committee on Historic Designation and the Philadelphia Historical Commission, but Declined To Designate Due to Special Circumstances.

Nomination: The Jacob Deal Half-Gambrel Frame House

228 E. Richmond Street, Fishtown, Kensington

Nomination: The Jacob Deal Frame Dwelling

227 E. Allen Street, Fishtown, Kensington

Nomination: Armour & Company’s Stock Depot

Address: 909-31 Noble Street, Callowhill

 

VOTED DOWN

(BY THE PHILADELPHIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION)

(Determined Eligible and Significant by the Committee on Historic Designation)

Nomination: Francis Kelly Waste & Shoddy Manufactory

Address: 1722-40 N. Hancock Street, Kensington

Nomination: Protestant Episcopal Italian Mission & Church of L’Emmanuello

Address: 1020-24 Christian Street

INCOMPLETE and INCORRECT

Nomination: The Malcolm X House

Address: 2503 W. Oxford Street

Nomination: Fifth Dutch Reformed Church, Fishtown, c. 1863

Address: 2345-49 Susquehanna Avenue

WITHDRAWN

(DEMOLITION)

Nomination: Union Baptist Church (1889)

“The Largest African Baptist Church in America”

“The Girlhood Church of Marian Anderson–Where She Learned to Sing.”

Address: 709 S. 12th Street

Note: Demolished for low rise new construction.

 

WITHDRAWN

(Neighborhood Opposition)

Nomination: P.E. Church of the Messiah

Address: 2640-42 Huntington Street, Port Richmond

DEMOLISHED

Nomination: Lycoming

Address: 3005 School House Lane