Ramcat Historic District

Ramcat Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
South 25th, Ramcat Historic District, February 2014
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Location	Roughly bounded by Market, Twenty-third, and Bainbridge Sts., and RR yards, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°56′55″N75°10′54″W / 39.94861°N 75.18167°W / 39.94861; -75.18167
Area	48 acres (19 ha)
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian, Federal
NRHP reference No.	86000055 [1]
Added to NRHP	January 8, 1986

The Ramcat Historic District, also known as the Schuylkill Historic District, is a national historic district that is located in the Rittenhouse Square West neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. ^[1]

History and architectural features

This district encompasses 613 contributing buildings and includes a mix of transportation-related, residential, and industrial properties. The mid- to late-nineteenth-century housing stock is characterized as two-story, rowhouse dwellings for the working class. Notable non-residential buildings include the Wanamaker delivery garage, Gimbel's delivery garage, Lanston Monotype Co., Lippincott and Co. Press Building, Thornton-Fuller Auto Assembly Plant (1925), Crane Ice Cream Co. (1904, 1914), and the New York Pie Baking Co. ^[2]

Gallery

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  25th and Pine Streets
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  25th and Panama
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  Pine Street

References

• Philadelphia portal

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. George E. Thomas (July 1985). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Ramcat Historic District. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved January 4, 2026. (Downloading may be slow.)