Hatfield House (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

The Hatfield House is an historic house which is located in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Hatfield House
Hatfield House in 2010.
Hatfield House (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is located in Philadelphia
Hatfield House (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Hatfield House (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is located in Pennsylvania
Hatfield House (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Hatfield House (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is located in the United States
Hatfield House (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
LocationFairmount Park, 33rd Street near Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°58′33″N 75°11′18″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1760
1838
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.72001157[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 16, 1972

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1972.[2]

History

Original location of Hatfield House, 1929, with Simon Gratz High School in the background.

Built as a suburban villa in 1760, in what is now the Nicetown neighborhood of the city, Hatfield House operated as Catherine Mallon's Boarding School for Girls from 1806 to 1824. William J. Hay, who was the next owner, subsequently made major Greek Revival-style alterations, including the addition of the unusual 5-column temple portico in 1838.[3]

In 1854, Dr. Nathan L. Hatfield, of the University of Pennsylvania, bought the residence; it then remained in the possession of his family for seventy-five years.[3]

This house appears on the 1843 Ellet Map of Philadelphia County, on the south side of Nicetown Road (Hunting Park Avenue), east of the Philadelphia and Germantown Rail Road and west of the Germantown and Perkiomen Turnpike (Germantown Avenue).[4]

By the time that the 1855 Barnes Map was created, the city's street grid was also shown, although few of the streets yet existed.[5] By 1862, a horse-drawn streetcar line passed a block east of the house.[6]

In 1925, the Simon Gratz High School was built directly east of the house. Four years later, Major Henry Reed Hatfield donated the house to Fairmount Park Commission.[7]

In 1930, the building was dismantled and moved one story at a time to its present site at 33rd Street and Girard Avenue.[8] Architect Erling H. Pedersen, of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, managed the relocation.[7]

Hatfield House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1972.[2]

See also

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Philadelphia Parks & Recreation".
  3. Massey, James; McCown, Susan (March 1984). "Hatfield House" (PDF). Historic American Buildings Survey. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  4. Ellet Map (1843), from Free Library of Philadelphia.
  5. Barnes Map (1855), from Free Library of Philadelphia.
  6. 1862 Smedley Atlas of Philadelphia, from Free Library of Philadelphia.
  7. Erling H. Pedersen data from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings (PAB) project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia
  8. http://articles.philly.com/1987-09-29/news/26212367_1_art-museum-hatfield-house-porch
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