Thomas Sully Residence


  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

Thomas Sully (1783-1872), a painter of historical scenes and one of the best-known portrait painters of his day, lived briefly in this brick rowhouse around 1828. - NPS


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1820/00/00 Sully Residence is constructed. Some sources support a building date of 1796.
1828/00/00 Thomas Sully Home Thomas Sully lives in a brick rowhouse at 530 Spruce Street. One of Sully's many homes in the sixty-four yearshe will live in Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Directory recorded his residence here in its 1828-1829 edition.

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Particulars for Thomas Sully Residence:
Area of Significance Art
Sight Category Building
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 66000691
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark, National Landmark boundary approved
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Art
Applicable Criteria: Person
Period of Significance: 1825-1849
Significant Year: 1828
Associated People: Sully,Thomas
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling

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