Presser Home for Retired Music Teachers

	Presser Home for Retired Music Teachers
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Presser Home, June 2010
Location	101-121 W. Johnson St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°2′43″N75°11′7″W / 40.04528°N 75.18528°W
Area	3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built	1898; 1914, 1931
Architect	Davis & Dunlap; et al.
Architectural style	Renaissance, Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No.	06001006
Added to NRHP	November 8, 2006

Last updated January 08, 2024

The Presser Home for Retired Music Teachers, also known as Mt. Airy Commons, is an historic, American retirement home that is located in the Mount Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.^[1]

History and architectural features

The Presser Home was built in 1914 and was expanded in 1931. It is a three-story, H-shaped, buff, Roman brick building that was in the Italian Renaissance Revival style. It features limestone and terra cotta decorative elements.

The Presser Carriage House was built in 1898, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, gray brick, Tudor Revival-style carriage house.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.^[1]

The building adjoins the Nugent Home for Baptists, which was also listed on the National Register in 2006. Nolen Properties owns both buildings. It has completed restoration of the Presser building, and worked on the restoration of the Nugent building in 2013.^[3]

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References

1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes Sheryl Jaslow (November 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Presser Home for Retired Music Teachers" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.
↑ Quinn, Amy Z. (January 15, 2013). "Senior housing project features heavy dose of historic restoration". Newsworks. WHYY. Archived from the original on January 5, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2014.

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[nris-1] 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[arch-2] "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes Sheryl Jaslow (November 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Presser Home for Retired Music Teachers" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.

[newsworks-3] Quinn, Amy Z. (January 15, 2013). "Senior housing project features heavy dose of historic restoration". Newsworks. WHYY. Archived from the original on January 5, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2014.

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