Houses and mansions in Philadelphia
This tour visits places the Register records as dwellings, among them single houses, rowhouses and mansions. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk.
The stops that carry a construction date run from 1870 to 1928. 15 stops, 2.1 miles end to end. One stop is a National Historic Landmark.
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 Oct 17, 2026.
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Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. 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 November 02, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Wilson Eyre House1003 Spruce St.Building · listed 1977start
- 2Roberts-Quay House1035--1037 Spruce St.Building · listed 1976281 ft from stop 1
- 3Dr. Joseph Leidy House1319 Locust St.Building · listed 19800.2 mi from stop 2
- 4Clarence B. Moore House1321 Locust St.Building · listed 1973236 ft from stop 3
- 5Solomon House130--132 S. 17th St.Building · listed 19780.3 mi from stop 4
- 6Bair, Oliver, H., Funeral Home1818-1820 Chestnut St.Building · listed 19820.1 mi from stop 5
- 7Warburton House1929 Sansom St.Building · listed 20020.1 mi from stop 6
- 8Chateau Crillon Apartment House222 S. 19th St.Building · built 1928 · listed 19780.2 mi from stop 7
- 9Horace Jayne House320 S. 19th St.Building · listed 1982347 ft from stop 8
- 10Rafsnyder-Welsh House1923 Spruce St.Building · listed 1980232 ft from stop 9
- 11Edward Drinker Cope HouseNHL2102 Pine St.Building · listed 19750.2 mi from stop 10
- 12Neill-Mauran House315--317 S. 22nd St.Building · listed 1980428 ft from stop 11
- 13Bishop Mackay-Smith House251 S. 22nd St.Building · listed 19800.1 mi from stop 12
- 14John C. Bell House229 S. 22nd St.Building · listed 1982265 ft from stop 13
- 15Marian Anderson House762 S Martin StBuilding · built 1870 · listed 20110.4 mi from stop 14
2.1 straight-line miles over 14 legs.
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 15 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
- Renaissance Revival architecture in Philadelphia10 stops · 2.5 milesRenaissance Revival draws on the Italian palazzo, with a rusticated ground floor, round arched windows and a strong horizontal cornice. The Philadelphia examples on this route went up between 1805 and 1904.
- Banks and business blocks in Philadelphia10 stops · 1.7 milesThe route links commercial buildings built between 1795 and 1893. Most were built to hold shops at street level and offices above.
- Schools and libraries in Philadelphia11 stops · 2.2 milesThe route links schools built between 1857 and 1987. Some are still in use for teaching and some have been converted to other work.
- Industry and warehouses in Philadelphia10 stops · 2.5 milesThe route links industrial buildings built between 1882 and 1905. Many have been converted to other uses since they were listed.
- Philadelphia in the 1920s10 stops · 2.3 milesEvery stop carries a construction date in the 1920s. They are what Philadelphia holds on the register from that decade.
Local history books for Philadelphia
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Guidebooks to historic places in Pennsylvania
Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.