Comly Rich House

The Comly Rich House is a historic house in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, notable as the first home in the United States financed by a savings and loan association, the Oxford Provident Building Society, founded 1831. To buy the house, which cost $500, Rich, variously described as a lamplighter or a maker of combs, received a loan of $375 in April 1831 from the Oxford Provident Building Association, founded the same year.

Comly Rich House
HABS PA,51-PHILA,534- (sheet 1 of 4) - Comly Rich House, 4276 Orchard Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
General information
Architectural styleFederal
Location4276 Orchard Street
Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Completed1826

The two-and-a-half-story house, built around 1826, still stands at 4276 Orchard Street. It was listed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places in 1960.

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