Philadelphia in the 1920s
Warren Harding took office in 1921, Calvin Coolidge succeeded him in 1923 and Herbert Hoover was elected in 1928. The census of 1920 was the first to count more Americans in towns and cities than on farms. Prohibition was in force and the automobile and the radio spread quickly. The stock market crashed in October 1929. The stops here are what Philadelphia has on the register from those years, built between 1925 and 1929.
Every stop carries a construction date in the 1920s. The route covers 10 of them and runs 2.3 miles end to end.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Sep 18, 2026.
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Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Edwin M. Stanton School1616--1644 Christian St.Building · built 1926 · listed 1988start
- 2Tindley Temple United Methodist Church750-762 S Broad StBuilding · built 1928 · listed 20110.3 mi from stop 1
- 3Wesley Ame Zion Church1500 Lombard St.Building · built 1926 · listed 19780.1 mi from stop 2
- 4Waverly Garage414-422 S 16th St.Building · built 1926 · listed 2018444 ft from stop 3
- 5Chateau Crillon Apartment House222 S. 19th St.Building · built 1928 · listed 19780.3 mi from stop 4
- 61900 Rittenhouse Square Apartments1900 S. Rittenhouse Sq.Building · built 1926 · listed 1982229 ft from stop 5
- 7Suburban Station Building1617 John F. Kennedy Blvd.Building · built 1929 · listed 19850.3 mi from stop 6
- 81616 Building1616 Walnut St.Building · built 1929 · listed 19830.4 mi from stop 7
- 9Equitable Trust Building1405 Locust St.Building · built 1925 · listed 19860.2 mi from stop 8
- 10Benjamin Franklin Hotel822-840 Chestnut St.Building · built 1925 · listed 19820.6 mi from stop 9
2.3 straight-line miles over 9 legs. Printed from registeratlas.com/tours/pa/philadelphia/era-1920s/
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 10 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Other walks in Philadelphia
- Houses and mansions in Philadelphia11 stops · 1.5 milesThe route links houses built between 1870 and 1928. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk.
- Schools and libraries in Philadelphia10 stops · 1.9 milesThe route links schools built between 1889 and 1987. Some are still in use for teaching and some have been converted to other work.