Houses at 2501–2531 Charles Street

History and architectural features

This row of homes originally included twenty-five nearly identical houses, which were thirteen feet wide and thirty-five feet deep. All but two of the buildings survive. They each have two rooms on the first floor, a parlor and a kitchen, and two bedrooms on the second floor. A third bedroom comprises the third floor behind the mansard roof. The houses rise gradually with the street, stepping up about two feet every fifth house. Every fifth house also has a large decorative gable over the mansard roof.

These row houses were built by William A. Stone, who later became governor of Pennsylvania. In 1887 Stone built a similar set of rowhouses on Brightridge Street. The Charles Street row was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 15, 1984.

References

References

1. {{NRISref. 2009a
2. Patricia McLaughlin and Charles H. Uhl. (1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Houses at 2501-2531 Charles Street". National Archives and Records Administration.