The La Blanche Apartments is an historic, American building that is located in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

La Blanche Apartments
North elevation along Walnut Street
La Blanche Apartments is located in Philadelphia
La Blanche Apartments
La Blanche Apartments is located in Pennsylvania
La Blanche Apartments
La Blanche Apartments is located in the United States
La Blanche Apartments
Location5100 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°57′22″N 75°13′28″W / 39.95611°N 75.22444°W / 39.95611; -75.22444
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1910
ArchitectAnderson & Haupt
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Georgian Revival
NRHP reference No.85000470[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 07, 1985

History and architectural features

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Built in 1910, this historic structure was designed in the Georgian Revival style. Part of the second wave of a housing boom in West Philadelphia that started with the completion of the Market Street Elevated line in 1907, this building was also one of the first large apartment buildings ever built in Philadelphia. It helped give the rising middle class better access to housing. Originally, this four-story building housed just twenty-six apartments, but as the neighborhood became less fashionable, the apartments were subdivided into a total of forty-nine units.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ H. Mather Lippincott, Jr., NRHP Nomination Form La Blanche Apartments, 1984