Friends Hospital
Built 1813. Added to the National Register in 1999, and a National Historic Landmark.
The record
| Property type | Historic district |
| Address | 4641 Roosevelt Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA |
| County | Philadelphia County |
| Listed | Jan 20, 1999 |
| Listed for | Health and medicine, Social history |
| Level of significance | National |
| Also known as | Friends' Asylum For The Relief of Persons Deprived Of Reason; Friend's Asylum For The Insane |
| Reference number | 99000629 |
| Built | 1813 · more from the 1810s |
| Style | Colonial Revival architecture, Second Empire architecture in the United States and Canada |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 4641 Roosevelt Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA |
| Coordinates | 40.0267° N, 75.0998° W · Directions ↗ |
| Also in Philadelphia | 632 listed places in Philadelphia → · walking tours → |
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Questions people ask
When was Friends Hospital listed on the National Register?
Jan 20, 1999. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
When was Friends Hospital built?
1813, in the Colonial Revival architecture and Second Empire architecture in the United States and Canada style.
Source: Wikidata
Where is Friends Hospital?
4641 Roosevelt Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
Source: National Park Service
Where is the nomination form for Friends Hospital?
The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.
Source: National Archives
Sources
Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 99000629. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.