Fairmount Avenue Historic District

Fairmount Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located in the Spring Garden neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 75 contributing buildings and includes commercial, residential, and industrial properties. Residential buildings include mid- to late 19th-century vernacular Late Victorian rowhouses. Notable commercial and industrial buildings date to the early 20th century through 1930, and are in the early modern and Art Deco styles. Notable non-residential buildings include the A.F. Bernot and Brothers dye works (1900–01), Gaul, Derr, and Shearer building (1911, 1915), Security Elevator factory (1925), and the Alemite Lubricator Company offices (1925).^[2]

Fairmount Avenue Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
16th and F, Fairmount Avenue Historic District, August 2010
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Location	Fairmount Ave., Melon St., North St., 15th St., 16th St., and 17th St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°58′00″N 75°09′44″W
Area	20 acres (8.1 ha)
Architect	Baker and Dallett
Architectural style	Late Victorian, Modern Movement, et al.
NRHP reference No.	02000066[1]
Added to NRHP	February 20, 2002

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.^[1]

Definition

The boundaries^[3] and restrictions^[4] of the district were defined by City Council on May 2, 2002.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on September 14, 2005. Retrieved July 26, 2012. Note: This includes Dominic Vitiello (September 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Fairmount Avenue Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved July 26, 2012.
3. "§14-1625. Fairmount Avenue Special District Controls. [367]". Philadelphia Code. City of Philadelphia. May 1, 2002. Retrieved August 14, 2013. 2) District Boundaries. For the purposes of this Section, the Fairmount Avenue Special District Controls shall apply to all properties with frontage on the north side of Fairmount avenue between Corinthian avenue and Pennsylvania avenue and on the south side of Fairmount avenue between Twenty-first street and Pennsylvania avenue.
4. "§14-1625. Fairmount Avenue Special District Controls. [367]". Philadelphia Code. City of Philadelphia. May 1, 2002. Retrieved August 14, 2013. (3) Prohibited Uses. Within the area subject to the Fairmount Avenue Special District Controls and notwithstanding any other Chapter of this Title, the following uses shall be prohibited: (a) Animal hospital; (b) Drill hall, dance hall, nightclub, private clubs; catering hall; theaters with live stage performances; motion picture theaters or auditoriums and other entertainment of guests and patrons as a main use; sound and media recording studios; radio and television studios; (c) Automobile repair shops; automobile service station for the retail sale of automobile fuels, lubricants and accessories; vehicle licensing and inspection stations; car wash; retail sale and installation of automobile parts, tires or audio equipment; automobile and truck sales lots; automobile and truck rental lots; installations of auto, boat, motorcycle or truck parts; (d) Bath houses; (e) Bottling and/or distribution of liquids for human consumption; (f) Drug stores, unless less than 2,000 square feet in net leasable area; (g) Fortune teller establishment; (h) Funeral parlors; (i) Hand laundry and on-premises dry cleaning; (j) Medical and surgical hospitals and medical centers of more than 4,000 square feet, clinics and sanitaria; rest, old age, nursing or convalescent centers; social service offices and agencies; (k) Outdoor sales or storage, including outdoor use of coin operated machines that dispense food or drink; (l) Take-out restaurants, and other similar establishments for the sale and consumption of food and/or beverages, with drive-in or take-out service (sale of food and/or beverages to be consumed outside primarily the confines of the premises); (m) Retail sales of liquor or beer, except for facilities operated by the State Liquor Control Board; (n) Retail sales of products or food through a window or aperture which opens directly onto the sidewalk, a public arcade, or public entranceway into a building; (o) Any accessory speaker or audio device that causes music or voices to reach the sidewalk area, public arcade, or public entranceway to a building, which is adjunct to any permitted retail use, used to advertise merchandise sold, and/or used to call public attention to the use of the premises. (p) Food markets of more than 2500 square feet. (4) Prohibition of Building Set-Back. Except when required by the underlying zoning classification, newly erected buildings shall have no set-back from the street line of Fairmount avenue. (5) Height Regulations. The maximum height of a building shall be 55 feet above the average ground level at the base of the structure, but in no case over 4 stories. (6) Conflicting Regulations. When the provisions of this Section conflict with other provisions of this Title, more restrictive provisions shall control.