West Philadelphia Streetcar Suburb Historic District
- West Philadelphia Streetcar Suburb Historic District
Infobox_nrhp | name =West Philadelphia Streetcar Suburb Historic District
nrhp_type =
caption = College Hall (and Logan Hall) viewed from Woodland Ave., ca. 1892.
location= Roughly bounded by U. of Pennslvania campus, Woodlands Cemetery, Poweltown Ave., 52nd St., & Woodland Ave.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
locmapin = Pennsylvania
area =
architect= multiple
architecture= Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival
added = February 05, 1998
governing_body = Local
refnum=97001669[cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] ]The West Philadelphia Streetcar Suburb Historic District is an area of West Philadelphia deemed important because it represents the transformation of Philadelphia's rural farmland into urban residential development, made possible by the streetcar, which provided easy access to Center City. [ [http://www.uchs.net/HistoricDistricts/wpsshd.html West Philadelphia Streetcar Suburb Historic District ] ]
Development had proceeded during the 19th century to about 43rd Street. The arrival of electrified streetcars in 1892 accelerated development to the west and southwest.[cite web| url=http://www.studio34yoga.com/trolley.shtml | title="Studio 34's Eponymous Trolley, or, A Short History of Route 34" | accessdate=2008-03-11 ] ]ee also
*The Woodlands Cemetery
*Hamilton Village
*Woodland Terrace
External links
* [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/PA/Philadelphia/districts.html National Register]
* [http://www.phillytrolley.org/ Philadelphia Trolley Tracks] : history and photos
* [http://www.uchs.net/HistoricDistricts/HistDistmap.html District Map]
References
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