St. Joseph's House for Homeless Industrious Boys

St. Joseph's House for Homeless Industrious Boys is a historic charity building at 1511 and 1515-1527 West Allegheny Avenue in the Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

St. Joseph's House for Homeless Industrious Boys
St. Joseph's House for Homeless Industrious Boys, September, 2010
St. Joseph's House for Homeless Industrious Boys is located in Philadelphia
St. Joseph's House for Homeless Industrious Boys
St. Joseph's House for Homeless Industrious Boys is located in Pennsylvania
St. Joseph's House for Homeless Industrious Boys
St. Joseph's House for Homeless Industrious Boys is located in the United States
St. Joseph's House for Homeless Industrious Boys
Location1511 and 1515--1527 Allegheny Rd., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°0′6″N 75°9′22″W / 40.00167°N 75.15611°W / 40.00167; -75.15611
Area1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built1929
ArchitectHoffman-Henon; Getz, Peter, et al.
Architectural styleRomanesque, Italianate, Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No.96001204[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 24, 1996

It was designed by the Philadelphia architectural firm of Hoffman-Henon and built in 1929. It was added to the National Register in 1996.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Perloff, Carol Beneson (1996). "St. Joseph's House for Homeless Industrious Boys" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved January 7, 2014.