Riverton Historic District
- Vicinity: Roughly bounded by the Delaware R., Park Ave, Thomas Ave, and Fulton St
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1851/00/00 | Samuel Sloan (architect) | Architect | Riverton Improvement Company, 10 gentlemen form Philadelphia, hire Samuel Sloan to develop a plan for a village of summer homes on the New Jersey bank of the Delaware River. Modern streets are lit with 52 original Victorian gaslights and 28 reproductions. | Invention of Gas Lighting | ||
1864/00/00 | Ezra Lippincott House is built at 303 Bank Avenue. | |||||
1865/00/00 | William Thomas House is built at 109 Bank Avenue. | |||||
1894/06/00 | Theodore Roosevelt | Work | Theodore Roosevelt lectures for the ASUE during two summer seasons at the Riverton Lyceum in 1893 and 1894. He stayed with Samuel Allen, a Pennsylvania Railroad executive who lived at 404 Lippincott Ave during an unknown visit. |
Particulars for Riverton Historic District: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Area of Significance | Business |
Historic Use | Clubhouse |
Area of Significance | Community Planning and Development |
Owner | Federal |
Utility | Gaslight |
Architectural Style | Gothic Revival |
Sight Category | Historic District |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Architectural Style | Italianate |
Historic Use | Park |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Religious Property |
Historic Use | School |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
Historic Use | Water-related |
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