File:Comly Rich House, 4276 Orchard Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA HABS PA,51-PHILA,534- (sheet 3 of 4).png

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HABS PA,51-PHILA,534- (sheet 3 of 4) - Comly Rich House, 4276 Orchard Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
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HABS PA,51-PHILA,534- (sheet 3 of 4) - Comly Rich House, 4276 Orchard Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Philadelphia County; Philadelphia
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 19 x 24 in. (B size)
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HABS PA,51-PHILA,534- (sheet 3 of 4)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: This modest 2 1/2 story frame house with one room per floor was built about 1826. In 11831, it was purchased by Comly RIch using a loan he obtained from the newly organized Oxford Provident Building Association. The house thus became the first one in America to be financed by a savings and loan association. The Oxford Provident was modeled on similar English self-help organizations which provided working men with the necessary capitol to purchase a home...
  • Survey number: HABS PA-1794
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Object location39° 57′ 07.99″ N, 75° 09′ 51.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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