Rittenhousetown Historic District
| Rittenhousetown Historic District | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
| Historic District | |||
| National Historic Landmark | |||
 Claus Rittenhouse House |
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| location | Germantown , Philadelphia | ||
| Coordinates | 40 ° 1 '42.8 " N , 75 ° 11' 27.7" W | ||
| Built | from 1690 | ||
| NRHP number | 92001878 | ||
| The NRHP added | April 27, 1992 | ||
| Declared as an NHL | April 27, 1992 | ||
Rittenhousetown Historic District is a historically significant building complex in Germantown , Philadelphia and the birthplace of David Rittenhouse .
The settlement developed around the first paper mill of the Thirteen Colonies , which was built in 1690 by Wilhelm Rettinghaus on Monoshone Creek. The original parcel was 20 acres and was quickly expanded through acquisitions of neighboring properties. From the 17th to the 19th centuries, Rittenhousetown grew to more than 40 buildings, including apartment buildings, agricultural and industrial operations, and state institutions. Many buildings were destroyed by the construction of Lincoln Drive, while the paper mill was no longer needed as a relic of industrialization and was torn down. Today there are six houses and a barn in Fairmount Park , which were built between 1690 and 1830. They all face south, are made of local stone and have gable roofs .
On April 27, 1992, Rittenhousetown was recognized as a Historic District and added to the National Register of Historic Places . At the same time, the building complex received the status of a National Historic Landmark .
literature
- Roger W. Moss: Historic Houses of Philadelphia: A Tour of the Region's Museum Homes . University of Pennsylvania Press , Philadelphia 1998, ISBN 9780812234381 , pp. 114 , 115
Web links
- Historic RittenhouseTown. In: website rittenhousetown.org. Retrieved September 20, 2014 .
- Photo collection on the National Register of Historic Places. In: National Register of Historic Places database. National Park Service , January 4, 2008, accessed September 20, 2014 (PDF 10.19 MB).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Rittenhousetown Historic District. (No longer available online.) In: National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL). National Park Service , archived from the original on September 23, 2012 ; accessed on September 20, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Rittenhousetown Historic District. In: National Register of Historic Places Inventory: Registration Form. National Park Service , April 13, 1993, accessed September 20, 2014 (PDF 1.9 MB).
- ↑ according to the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved September 20, 2014
- ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Pennsylvania. National Park Service , accessed February 14, 2020.
