Callowhill Industrial Historic District

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Callowhill Industrial Historic District is a national historic district located in the Callowhill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 31 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structure. The commercial and industrial buildings were mostly built from the 1890s through the 1930s. They range from 4 to 14-stories in height and the exteriors are of brick, concrete, terra cotta, and stone. Most of the buildings are characterized as box-shaped, mid-rise loft buildings with flat roofs. Also in the district are 11, 2 12-story brick rowhouses, with the earliest dated to the 1830s.

Notable buildings include the:

• Rebman Building (1903).
• Stewart Cracker Building (c. 1900).
• U.S. Tire Company Building (1911).
• Lasher Building (1927).
• Philadelphia City Morgue (1928).
• Overland Motor Company Building (1910, c. 1940).

Located in the district and listed separately are the:

• Smaltz Building (1912).
• Terminal Commerce Building.
• Goodman Brothers and Hinlein Company.
• Packard Motor Corporation Building.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

Note: The above descriptive information came from the district's Facebook page.