Grays Road Recreation Center
Grays Road Recreation Center | |
Grays Road Recreation Center, May 2010 | |
39°56′32″N 75°11′6″W / 39.94222°N 75.18500°W / 39.94222; -75.18500 | |
Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
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Built | 1926-1927 |
Architect | Windrim, John T. |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 88000448[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 21, 1988 |
Grays Road Recreation Center is an historic recreation center, which is located in the Grays Ferry neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
History and architectural features
Designed by John T. Windrim and built between 1926 and 1927, it is a two-and-one-half-story, five-bay by nine-bay, red-brick building in the Colonial Revival style.
It has a gable roof with dormers, centrally placed arched entryway with stone surround, and two internal brick chimneys. The interior features a two-story auditorium, measuring fifty feet by thirty feet.
The building was funded by the Richard Smith Family Trust.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-07-07. Note: This includes Elizabeth R. Mintz (November 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Grays Road Recreation Center" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.
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Neighborhoods
- Bella Vista
- Central South Philadelphia
- Devil's Pocket
- Dickinson Square West
- East Passyunk Crossing
- Fabric Row
- FDR Park
- Girard Estate
- Graduate Hospital / Southwest Center City
- Grays Ferry
- Hawthorne
- Italian Market
- Little Saigon
- Lower Moyamensing
- Marconi Plaza
- Moyamensing
- Newbold
- Packer Park
- Passyunk Square
- Pennsport
- Point Breeze
- Queen Village
- Schuylkill
- Southwark
- Sports Complex
- West Passyunk
- Wharton
- Whitman
- Wilson Park
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Private K-12 |
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- 2300 Arena
- Citizens Bank Park
- Lincoln Financial Field
- Wells Fargo Center
- Xfinity Live!
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- Congregation Shivtei Yeshuron-Ezras Israel
- Franklin Hose Company No. 28
- Geno's Steaks
- Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church
- Grays Road Recreation Center
- Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia
- Marian Anderson House
- Pat's King of Steaks
- Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Freight Shed
- Royal Theater
- St. Anthony de Padua Parish School
- St Nicholas of Tolentine Church
- Tindley Temple United Methodist Church
- Tony Luke's
- Walt Whitman Bridge
- Mount Sinai Hospital (demolished)