Fairmount Avenue Historic District
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Fairmount Avenue Historic District | |
 16th and F, Fairmount Avenue Historic District, August 2010 | |
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| Location | Fairmount Ave., Melon St., North St., 15th St., 16th St., and 17th St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 39°58′00″N 75°09′44″W / 39.96667°N 75.16222°W |
| Area | 20 acres (8.1 ha) |
| Architect | Baker and Dallett |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Modern Movement, et al. |
| NRHP reference No. | 02000066[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 20, 2002 |
Fairmount Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located in the Spring Garden neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 75 contributing buildings and includes commercial, residential, and industrial properties. Residential buildings include mid- to late 19th-century vernacular Late Victorian rowhouses. Notable commercial and industrial buildings date to the early 20th century through 1930, and are in the early modern and Art Deco styles. Notable non-residential buildings include the A.F. Bernot and Brothers dye works (1900–01), Gaul, Derr, and Shearer building (1911, 1915), Security Elevator factory (1925), and the Alemite Lubricator Company offices (1925).[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]
