Dr. Joseph Leidy House
- Architect
- Wilson Eyre
- Style
- Colonial Revival
- City
- Philadelphia, PA
The Dr. Joseph Leidy House at 1319 Locust Street was built in 1893-94 by architect Wilson Eyre for Joseph Leidy, Jr., nephew of the noted paleontologist Joseph Leidy. From 1925 to 1979 it served as clubhouse of the Poor Richard Club, an advertising trade organization, and part of the Charles Morris Price School of Advertising and Journalism; it is now headquarters of District 1199C, the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees.
the building
Neighbor by the same architect. The house stands next door to the Clarence B. Moore House, also designed by Wilson Eyre, in 1890, forming a pair of Eyre residences on Locust Street.
the style
Designed in the Georgian style, part of the Colonial Revival wave that revived colonial American forms for early-20th-century clients.
More on Colonial Revivalthe architect
Wilson Eyre designed the house in 1893-94, alongside the neighboring Clarence B. Moore House of 1890.
significance
Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
nearby
- Clarence B. Moore House
- Equitable Trust Building
- St. James Hotel
- The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
- Princeton Club
- Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts