Sally Watson House

Last updated
Sally Watson House
Sally Watson House.JPG
Sally Watson House, June 2010
Street map of Philadelphia and surrounding area.png
Red pog.svg
USA Pennsylvania location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location5128 Wayne Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°01′33″N75°10′12″W / 40.02582°N 75.17000°W / 40.02582; -75.17000 Coordinates: 40°01′33″N75°10′12″W / 40.02582°N 75.17000°W / 40.02582; -75.17000
Area0.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Built1889
ArchitectEyre, Wilson, Jr.
Architectural styleShingle Style
NRHP reference No. 82003818 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 10, 1982

Sally Watson House is a historic home located in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect Wilson Eyre and built in 1886 for Sarah R. ("Sallie") Watson (1844-1918). It is a three-story, rubble schist and shingle dwelling in the Shingle style. It has a gambrel roof and measures approximately 43-feet square. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wilson Eyre</span> American architect

Wilson Eyre, Jr. was an American architect, teacher and writer who practiced in the Philadelphia area. He is known for his deliberately informal and welcoming country houses, and for being an innovator in the Shingle Style.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wister, Philadelphia</span> Neighborhood of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, United States

Wister is a neighborhood in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is bounded by Chelten Avenue to the north, Germantown Avenue to the west, Belfield Avenue to the east, and Wister Street to the south. Wister is a section within Germantown. The Clarkson-Watson House, Fisher's Lane, Grumblethorpe, Grumblethorpe Tenant House, and Ivy Lodge are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jesse Robinson House (Wellsboro, Pennsylvania)</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

The Jesse Robinson House, or the Jesse Robinson Manor, is an historic American home that is located in Wellsboro in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

Ormonde (1885–88) is a Shingle Style country house built on the eastern shore of Cazenovia Lake in Cazenovia, New York. It was designed by architect Frank Furness for George R. Preston, a New Orleans banker who settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Nook (Spring Garden Township, Pennsylvania)</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

The Nook, also known as the Francis Farquhar House, is a historic home located at Spring Garden Township, York County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect John A. Dempwolf and built between 1893 and 1898 for Francis Farquhar, son of Arthur B. Farquhar. It is a 2+12-story, Queen Anne / Shingle Style dwelling. The exterior has a variety of finishes including brick, clapboard, wood shingles, and stucco. The house features a polygonal turret, intersecting roofs of slate and shingle, and terra cotta ornamentation. Also on the property are a contributing small log playhouse and garage.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Redferd Segers House</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

The Redferd Segers House, also known as the Kenneth Hoffman House, is an historic, American home that is located in Crenshaw in Snyder Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Weiss Hall</span> United States historic place

Weiss Hall, also known as the Judge Edmund Taylor House, is a historic dormitory located on the campus of Wilkes University at Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1895, and is a 2 1/2-story, stone, brick, and shingled building in the Queen Anne style. It features a tower, recessed third floor balcony, steep gables, a large side porch, and stained glass windows. It was built as a residence and later acquired by Wilkes College and used as a residence hall.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cold Spring Farm Springhouse</span> United States historic place

Cold Spring Farm Springhouse is a historic springhouse located in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area at Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was built in the late-19th century and is a one-story, rectangular fieldstone building. It measures approximately 12 by 24 feet. It has a wood shingle roof and small cupola. Also on the property is a concrete dam, built about 1909. It represents a typical springhouse of the Delaware River Valley.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yeakle and Miller Houses</span> Historic houses in Pennsylvania, United States

Yeakle and Miller Houses, also known as the Daniel Yeakle and John Faber Miller Houses, are two historic homes located at Erdenheim in Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. They were built in 1892, and are in the Queen Anne style with Shingle Style influences. They are built of stone with shingled hipped roofs, and feature two semi-towers and porches. The Yeakle property includes a contributing carriage house.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stotesbury Club House</span> United States historic place

Stotesbury Club House is a historic clubhouse located at Wyndmoor in Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1904 and 1908, for Edward T. Stotesbury (1849-1938) as an equestrian center building. An addition was completed in 1927. It is a 1 1/2-story, "L"-shaped frame building in the Arts and Crafts style. It has a gable roof and a shingled gable dormer. The front facade features an open porch supported by three Doric order columns and the rear has a raised flat-stone patio. Stotesbury sold the house in 1924.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Warren Z. Cole House</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Warren Z. Cole House, now known as Indenhofen Farm and also known as the Kidder-De Haven House, is a historic home located in Evansburg State Park at Skippack, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA. It was built in 1725, and is a 2+12-story, brownstone dwelling, four bays wide and two bays deep. It features gable end chimneys and a steep shingled gable roof. The property also includes a summer kitchen and bake oven and a Swiss / German bank barn. The property was restored and is open to the public by the Skippack Historical Society.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John P. Jefferson House</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

The John P. Jefferson House, also known as the Jefferson Tea House and YWCA Residence, is an historic American home that is located in Warren, Warren County, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hockley Row</span> Historic houses in Pennsylvania, United States

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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Watson Comly School</span> United States historic place

Watson Comly School, also known as Somerton Masonic Hall, is a historic school building located in the Somerton neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edward B. Seymour House</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Edward B. Seymour House is a historic home located on the Germantown-Mount Airy neighborhood boundary of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1891, and is a 2+12-story, Wissahickon schist and shingle dwelling in the Queen Anne-style. It features a rounded corner tower topped by a conical roof and a stepped gable. The house was designed by gilded age architect, Horace Trumbauer. Also on the property is a contributing garage, built in 1909.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William C. Sharpless House</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

William C. Sharpless House is a historic home located in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1886, and is a three-story, Wissahickon schist, clapboard, and shingle dwelling in the Queen Anne-style. It features decorative quoining, gable, and hipped rooflines, and terra cotta decorative details. A two-story addition was built in the early 1900s. Also on the property is a contributing brick stable with stone quoining.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sally Ann Furnace Complex</span> United States historic place

Sally Ann Furnace Complex is a historic iron furnace complex site located at Rockland Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It includes the remains of furnace, barns, stable, storage sheds, grist mill, and bake ovens. The furnace was built in 1791 along Sacony Creek and once stood 32 feet high. Adjacent to the mill is a 1 1/2-story stone dwelling built in 1798. In 1814, a 2 1/2-story rectangular, stuccoed stone mansion house was added. It is five bays by two bays, and has a gable roof with dormers. Also on the property is a 1 1/2-story, stone company store and storekeeper's residence, and 2 1/2-story stuccoed stone granary.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Francis W. Kennedy House</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Francis W. Kennedy House is a historic home located in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by noted Philadelphia architect Frank Miles Day (1861–1918) and built in 1889. It is a 2+12-story, Shingle Style dwelling. It features a gambrel roof, projecting bays and dormers, a corner turret, and porches.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kinbawn</span> Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

Kinbawn is an historic, American home that is located in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Henry R. Watson House</span> United States historic place

The Henry R. Watson House is a single-family home located at 7215 North Ann Arbor-Saline Road in Saline, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

References

  1. 1 2 "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 John O.J. Schellenberger and Philip B. Furnas (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Sally Watson House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.