Suffolk Manor Apartments

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Suffolk Manor Apartments
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Suffolk Manor Apartments, September 2010
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Location1414-1450 Clearview St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°2′24″N75°8′43″W / 40.04000°N 75.14528°W / 40.04000; -75.14528 Coordinates: 40°2′24″N75°8′43″W / 40.04000°N 75.14528°W / 40.04000; -75.14528
Arealess than one acre
Built1930
Architectural styleTudor Revival
NRHP reference No. 02001567 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 20, 2002

Suffolk Manor Apartments is a historic apartment building located in the Ogontz neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a six-story, 138 unit, steel frame and brick building on a stone foundation, built in 1930 in the Tudor Revival style. It is in an "H" plan form, with five sections, 84 feet, 6 inches, deep, and 328, 8 inches, wide. It features a crenelated parapet, half timbering with stucco infill, stone buttressing, and a main entrance with heavy oak double doors in an Elizabethan arch. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]

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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 Glenn Ceponis; Elizabeth Amisson & Paul Porter (December 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Suffolk Manor Apartments" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16.