Comly Rich House

Comly Rich House
General information
Architectural style	Federal
Location	4276 Orchard Street Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Completed	1826

The Comly Rich House is a historic house in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, notable as the first home in the United States financed by a savings and loan association, the Oxford Provident Building Society, founded 1831. To buy the house, which cost $500, Rich, variously described as a lamplighter or a maker of combs, received a loan of $375 in April 1831 from the Oxford Provident Building Association, founded the same year.

The two-and-a-half-story house, built around 1826, still stands at 4276 Orchard Street. It was listed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places in 1960.

External links

• History at the U.S. Treasury's Office of Thrift Supervision
• Listing and photographs at the Historic American Buildings Survey
• Listing at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings

Coordinates: 40°00′34″N 75°05′13″W / 40.00956°N 75.08687°W / 40.00956; -75.08687