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Mayfair House

Coordinates: 40°2′14″N 75°11′30″W / 40.03722°N 75.19167°W / 40.03722; -75.19167
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Mayfair House
Empty lot with Connie Mack's house behind it
Mayfair House is located in Philadelphia
Mayfair House
Mayfair House is located in Pennsylvania
Mayfair House
Mayfair House is located in the United States
Mayfair House
Location401 W. Johnson St., Philadelphia
Coordinates40°2′14″N 75°11′30″W / 40.03722°N 75.19167°W / 40.03722; -75.19167
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1925
ArchitectSugarman & Berger
Architectural styleRegency Revival
NRHP reference No.82003811[1]
Added to NRHPApril 07, 1982

The Mayfair House was a historic 14 story apartment building completed in 1925 and located at 401 West Johnson Street in the West Mount Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Lincoln Drive between Johnson and Cliveden Streets. It was considered "one of the city's most original and distinctive landmarks, a major architectural work."[2]

It may be considered part of a set of three apartment buildings in the area, the others being the Alden Park Manor and McCallum Manor which offered a type of modern city living in the early 20th century in a suburban, even rustic, setting. The Regency architecture also offered "ethnic continuity" to Philadelphia's anglophile culture.[2]

The building has been destroyed and 401 West Johnson Street is now an empty lot.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b George E. Thomas, NRHP Nomination, November 1981, available at CRGS Key number H001416
  3. ^ Skyscraperpage.com, Mayfair House Philadelphia, accessed 2010-06-07