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.