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EAST FRONT ELEVATION FROM SOUTHEAST - Comly Rich House, 4276 Orchard Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
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Boucher, Jack E.
Title
EAST FRONT ELEVATION FROM SOUTHEAST - Comly Rich House, 4276 Orchard Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Philadelphia County; Philadelphia
Date 1977
date QS:P571,+1977-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS PA,51-PHILA,534-3
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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
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa0780.photos.139024p
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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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