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NOMINATION OF HISTORIC BUILDING, STRUCTURE, SITE, OR OBJECT PHILADELPHIA REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PHILADELPHIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION SUBMIT ALL ATTACHED MATERIALS ON PAPER AND IN ELECTRONIC FORM ON CD (MS WORD FORMAT) 1. ADDRESS OF HISTORIC RESOURCE (must comply with a Board of Revision of Taxes address) Street address:___ 5340 Greene Street _________________________________ Postal code:___ 19144 _____ Councilmanic District:__ 8 _____________________ 2. NAME OF HISTORIC RESOURCE Historic Name:_____ Flavell Residence ______________________________________________ Common Name:_________________________________________________________________ 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:____ Offices ________________________________________________________ 5. BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION Please attach a plot plan and written description of the boundary. 6. DESCRIPTION Please attach a description of the historic resource. 7. SIGNIFICANCE Please attach the Statement of Significance. Period of Significance (from year to year): from __ 1886 ___ to __ 1891 ___ Date(s) of construction and/or alteration:____ c. 1887-89 ________________________________ Architect, engineer, and/or designer:___ George T. Pearson ______________________________ Builder, contractor, and/or artisan:___________________________________________________ Original owner:___ Anne & Thomas Flavell ___________________________________________ Other significant persons:__________________________________________________________ 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 Name with Title_ Jorge M. Danta, H. P. Planner II ________ Email___ [email protected] _________ Organization__ Philadelphia Historical Commission _______Date__ 26 November 2012 ______________ Street Address__ City Hall, Room 576 _________________Telephone___ 215-686-7660 _____________ City, State, and Postal Code___ Philadelphia, PA 19107 _______________________________________ Nominator is is not the property owner. PHC USE ONLY Date of Receipt:_______________________________________________________________________ Correct-Complete Incorrect-Incomplete Date:_________________________________ Date of Notice Issuance:_________________________________________________________________ Property Owner at Time of Notice Name:_________________________________________________________________________ Address:_______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ City:_______________________________________ State:____ Postal Code:_________ Date(s) Reviewed by the Committee on Historic Designation:____________________________________ Date(s) Reviewed by the Historical Commission:______________________________________________ Date of Final Action:____________________________________________________________________ Designated Rejected 3/16/07 Section 5: Boundary Description The boundary of the resource encompasses a rectangular lot located on the west side of Greene Street. It begins at a point 137’ 7/8” south of the southwest corner of Green and Coulter Streets. From this point the boundary moves south on Greene Street and extends 40’-11”. It then turns west and extends in depth, at a right angle to Greene Street for 174’-9 3/8”. It then turns north, perpendicular to Green Street, and extends 40”-11”. The line then turns east, at a right angle to Greene Street and extends 174’-9 3/8” to the starting point. 5340 Greene Street / Anna Flavell residence Page 1 Section 6: Description of Building The Flavell residence is located at 5340 Greene Street. It is a two-and-one-half story house in the Queen Anne style. It is set back from Greene Street on a narrow, but deep lot. The primary façade of the house faces Greene Street. Germantown Avenue is considered a north/south artery with cross streets in an east/west axis; as such, the main façade on Greene Street faces east. The north and south facades are clearly visible from Greene Street. The house is in a remarkable state of preservation; for example, nearly every window appears to be original. East Façade The main façade of the house faces Greene Street. A schist stone wall separates the front lawn from the sidewalk. The wall has stone crenellation and three corner piers. An opening in the center of the wall with three steps leads up to the house. The façade is three bays wide and two-and-one-half stories tall. The front wall has two planes; a corner tower anchors the southeast corner of the house. This tower is proud of the main block of the house. The tower is clad in rusticated schist stone with brick quoins. The main block is clad in red brick. A wood porch spans two bays along the recessed plane of the ground floor. The porch is accessible via three concrete steps. The porch is supported by eleven turned-wood columns. It has a shed roof, which is accentuated by a pediment. The porch boasts lattice work and turned wood decorations. The second floor has three windows; the two northernmost windows are wood double-hung windows in a Queen Anne style. The southernmost window is a wood double-hung with stained glass. The tower’s third floor has a single wood five-over-one double-hung window. The garret level has a three-sided dormer with fifteen-over-one double-hung wood windows in its three sides. The roof over the main block is hipped and is covered in grey slate with cresting at the ridge. The tower has an onion-shaped roof, also in grey slate. A simple wood cornice with dentils wraps at the main block and the corner tower. South Façade The corner tower wraps around the south corner of the building. It retains its schist and brick cladding on this elevation. The rest of the main block retains its brick cladding. The ground floor of the tower has a single arched-top window with a one-over-one double-hung wood window. The arched section is filled in with a carved panel in a sunburst design. An elaborate terracotta panel is above the window at the second-floor level. The third floor of the tower has an identical window as the one found on the east façade of the tower. The main block has a large stained glass window that likely corresponds to the main stairwell in the interior of the house. This window spans from the ground to the third floors of the house. A shed dormer is directly above this window in the hip roof. The dormer has a single window in an eighteen-over-one pattern. The dormer cheeks are clad in grey slate and the front has fluted pilasters. A two-story wood bay with Queen Anne windows is in the middle of the main block. The ground-floor portion of the bay is divided into three parts, with the central bay wider than the sides. The lower portion of the bay has raised panels. The bays boast Queen Anne style windows. Two brackets support the second floor section of the bay, which protrude beyond the plane of the lower bay. This section is also divided into a tripartite composition with Queen Anne style windows. A large pedimented dormer is in the third floor, which corresponds to the hip roof. The main block terminates beyond this bay. The ground floor of this portion is clad in brick, and has a single Queen Anne window. The second floor has a timber-frame addition clad in shingles. A non-historic deck is present above it. This deck is accessible through a modified dormer at the hip roof. A rear wing is set 5340 Greene Street / Anna Flavell residence Page 2 back from the main block and extends deeper into the lot. The wing is finished in brick and has a shed roof with asphalt shingles. North Façade The north façade is anchored by a chimney stack that runs along the entire height of the house. The chimney punctures the roof and extends, unsupported, beyond the ridge of the roof. It is made out of red brick and is capped with a corbelled detailed. It pierces a pedimented dormer in the hip roof. The dormer