Front Street, Philadelphia
Front Street is the origin street of Philadelphia's numbered streets. There is no First Street, Front Street exists in its place, and numbered streets begin at the next major block with 2nd Street, a tenth of a mile west.
At least three stations of SEPTA's Market–Frankford Line are built above Front Street. They include Girard station, Berks station, and York–Dauphin station. The Spring Garden Station is located on Front Street, and its platform lies in the median of Interstate 95 over Spring Garden Street, just west of Front Street.
Historic sites
The South Front Street Historic District, which includes numbers 700–712 on the west side of South Front, is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The district includes three buildings individually also listed on the NRHP: Widow Maloby's Tavern (700), Capt. Thomas Moore House (702), and the Nathaniel Irish House.
Four sites listed on the National Register adjoin North Front Street: Elfreth's Alley, the Quaker City Dye Works, and two schools, the Thomas K. Finletter School and Olney High School.
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758 South Front Street
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North Front Street, looking north towards Arch Street
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Finletter School
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Quaker City Dye Works (view from Oxford Street)
References
- ^ Harry G. Kyriakodis (2011). "Philadelphia's Lost Waterfront". The History Press. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ^ "world.nycsubway.org/ Photos 1-38 of 38". nycsubway.org. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ^ "world.nycsubway.org/ Photos 1-29 of 29". nycsubway.org. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2005-09-14. Retrieved 2015-05-30. Note: This includes Mary C. Means (June 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Widow Maloby's Tavern" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.
- ^ ""National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania"". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2005-09-14. Retrieved 2015-05-30. Note: This includes Mary C. Means (June 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Capt. Thomas Moore House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.
- ^ ""National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania"". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2005-09-14. Retrieved 2015-05-30. Note: This includes Mary C. Means (June 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Nathaniel Irish House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.