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5706 GERMANTOWN AVE Name of Resource: the John S. Trower ADDRESS: 5706 GERMANTOWN AVE Name of Resource: The John S. Trower Building Proposed Action: Designation Property Owner: Sung Choel Kim Nominator: Keeping Society of Philadelphia and Germantown United CDC Staff Contact: Kim Chantry, [email protected] OVERVIEW: This nomination proposes to designate the property at 5706 Germantown Avenue as historic and list it on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places. The nomination contends that the property satisfies Criteria for Designation A and J. Under Criterion A, the nomination argues that the building is associated with the life of a person significant in the past, successful caterer, businessman, philanthropist, real estate investor, and restaurateur John S. Trower, a Black man who achieved local, statewide, and national significance in American history. Under Criterion J, the nomination argues that the building stands as an important monument to the cultural, economic, social, and historical heritage of Trower’s significant catering and restaurant business that predominated in the Black community in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Germantown and Philadelphia. The period of significance begins when the property was acquired by John S. Trower in 1887 and ends with his passing in 1911. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: The staff recommends that the nomination demonstrates that the property at 5706 Germantown Avenue satisfies Criteria for Designation A and J. 1. ADDRESS OF HISTORIC RESOURCE (must comply with an Office of Property Assessment address) Street address: 5706 Germantown Avenue Postal code: 19144 2. NAME OF HISTORIC RESOURCE Historic Name: The John S. Trower Building The Restaurant, Catering Business House & Residence of John S. Trower Current Name: Crab House 3. TYPE OF HISTORIC RESOURCE Building Structure Site Object 4. PROPERTY INFORMATION Condition: excellent good fair poor ruins Occupancy: occupied vacant under construction unknown Current use: Commercial 5. BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION Please attach a narrative description and site/plot plan of the resource’s boundaries. 6. DESCRIPTION Please attach a narrative description and photographs of the resource’s physical appearance, site, setting, and surroundings. 7. SIGNIFICANCE Please attach a narrative Statement of Significance citing the Criteria for Designation the resource satisfies. Period of Significance (from year to year): 1887 - 1911 Date(s) of construction and/or alteration: 1859 (Built), 1887 (Altered), ca.1887-91 (Addition) Architects/Builders: Unknown Original owner: The Savings Fund Society of Germantown & Its Vicinity Significant person: John S. Trower CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION: The historic resource satisfies the following criteria for designation (check all that apply): (a) Has significant character, interest or value as part of the development, heritage or cultural characteristics of the City, Commonwealth or Nation or is associated with the life of a person significant in the past; or, (b) Is associated with an event of importance to the history of the City, Commonwealth or Nation; or, (c) Reflects the environment in an era characterized by a distinctive architectural style; or, (d) Embodies distinguishing characteristics of an architectural style or engineering specimen; or, (e) Is the work of a designer, architect, landscape architect or designer, or engineer whose work has significantly influenced the historical, architectural, economic, social, or cultural development of the City, Commonwealth or Nation; or, (f) Contains elements of design, detail, materials or craftsmanship which represent a significant innovation; or, (g) Is part of or related to a square, park or other distinctive area which should be preserved according to an historic, cultural or architectural motif; or, (h) Owing to its unique location or singular physical characteristic, represents an established and familiar visual feature of the neighborhood, community or City; or, (i) Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in pre-history or history; or (j) Exemplifies the cultural, political, economic, social or historical heritage of the community. 8. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Please attach a bibliography. 9. NOMINATOR Organization: The Keeping Society of Philadelphia and Germantown United CDC Author: Oscar Beisert, Architectural Historian Date: 25 February 2021 Keeping Society of Philadelphia Address: 1315 Walnut Street, Suite 320 Telephone: 717.602.5002 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 Email: [email protected] Nominator is is not the property owner. PHC USE ONLY Date of Receipt:_______________________________________________________________________25 February 2021 Correct-Complete Incorrect-Incomplete Date:_________________________________5/4/2021 Date of Notice Issuance:________________6/21/2021 _________________________________________________ Property Owner at Time of Notice: Name:_________________________________________________________________________Sung Choel Kim Address:_______________________________________________________________________5706 Germantown Ave ______________________________________________________________________________ City:_______________________________________Philadelphia State:____PA Postal Code:_________19144 Date(s) Reviewed by the Committee on Historic Designation:____________________________________ Date(s) Reviewed by the Historical Commission:_________________________________ _____________ Date of Final Action:__________________________________________________________ Designated Rejected 12/7/18 NOMINATION FOR THE PHILADELPHIA REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Figures 1. and 2. The primary (northeast) elevation of the John S. Trower Building in 2017 and 2020, showing the restoration has taken place during the past few years. Source: Oscar Beisert, 2017 and 2020. The John S. Trower Building The Restaurant, Catering Business House, & Residence of John S. Trower – Formerly Known as the Savings Fund Society of Germantown & Its Vicinity Built 1869 – 5706 Germantown Avenue GERMANTOWN Philadelphia, Pennsylvania S N Figure 3. Left: Looking south at the subject property. Source: Pictometry, Atlas, City of Philadelphia, 2020. Figure 4. Right: The boundary for the proposed designation is delineated in blue. Source: Atlas, City of Philadelphia. 5. BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION The boundary for the designation of the subject property is as follows: ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the two-story stone messuage or tenement with Mansard Roof thereon erected. SITUATE in the City of Philadelphia aforesaid and described as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a point on the Southwestwardly side of Germantown Avenue at the distance of 80 feet, 4-1/2 inches Northwestward from the Northwest side of Chelten Avenue thence extending along the said Germantown Avenue North 37 degrees 17 minutes West 26 feet 11-1/2 inches to a point thence by ground now or late of the Estate of Joseph Channon, deceased, South 50 degrees 45 minutes West 34 feet and 1/2 of an inch more or less to a point and South 42 degrees 20 minutes West 69 feet, 9-5/16 inches to a point in the line of ground now or late of the First Presbyterian Church of Germantown thence by the same South 49 degrees 08 minutes 54 seconds East 33 feet 7-1/4 inches more or less to ground now or late of the Estate of George Nugent, deceased, and thence by the same North 41 degrees 30 minutes East 93 feet 2 7/16 inches more or less to the said Germantown Avenue and place of beginning. BEING No. 5706 Germantown Avenue. The John S. Trower Building The Restaurant & Catering Business House of John S. Trower 5706 Germantown Avenue, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia Register of Historic Places Nomination, February 2021 – Page 2 Figure 5. The primary (northeast) elevation of the John S. Trower Building. Source: Oscar Beisert, 2020. 6. Physical Description The John S. Trower Building is a semi-detached, three-story Second Empire style masonry building situated on a typical row lot at 5706 Germantown Avenue in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia. Designed to serve as a banking house, the building was originally commissioned by the Savings Fund Society of Germantown & Its Vicinity in 1869.1 Purchased by John S. Trower, the prominent Black caterer and restauranter, in 1887, the building was renovated to serve his business purposes, replacing the banking rooms with a saloon and dining rooms. Trower constructed a one- and two-stories tall rear addition was completed between 1887 and 1891, which is reflected in an 1891 fire insurance policy. This addition was enlarged to three stories over the years. These and other additions and improvements appear to have been made by Trower and his heirs during their ownership through 1976. For the purpose of this document, the nomination will refer to the subject building as the John S. Trower Building and for clarification the components of the subject building shall be called the Main Building 1869 and the Back Building 1887-91, as delineated in Figure 6. 1 Rev. Samuel Fitch Hotchkin, M.A. Ancient and Modern Germantown, Mount Airy, and Chestnut Hill. (Philadelphia: P.W. Ziegler & Co., 1889), 339. The John S. Trower Building The Restaurant & Catering Business House of John S. Trower 5706 Germantown Avenue, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia Register of Historic Places Nomination, February 2021 – Page 3 Figure 6. Top left: The John S. Trower Building with the 1869 Building and the 1891-95 Addition delineated. Source: Pictometry, Atlas, City of Philadelphia. Figure
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