Hockley Row

Hockley Row – also known as Evans Row or Victoria House – is a set of four architecturally significant rowhouses, located in the Rittenhouse Square West neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Hockley Row
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Allen Evans House, 237 S. 21st Street.
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Location	237-241 S. 21st Street and 2049 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States
Coordinates	39°56′59″N 75°10′35″W
Area	0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built	1884-1886
Architect	Allen Evans Furness & Evans
Architectural style	Victorian Eclectic
NRHP reference No.	83002272[1]
Added to NRHP	April 21, 1983

Design of the row – 237, 239 & 241 South 21st Street and 2049 Locust Street – is attributed to architect Allen Evans, partner in the firm of Furness & Evans. They were built as speculative housing by Evans's father, 1884–86, and the architect made #237 (SE corner 21st & St. James Streets) his own residence. Each features a rusticated stone basement level, with three brick stories above, bay or box windows, wrought iron railings, elaborately shaped chimneys, and shed- and gabled-roofed dormers.[2] The house at #237 features a projecting, two-story, shingled corner tower; the houses at #239 and #241 share an entrance stair. The house at the northeast corner of 21st & Locust Streets has its entrance from the south, and is numbered 2049 Locust Street.

The houses were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

2049 Locust Street

Hockley House

Directly north of this row, at 235 S. 21st Street, is the Thomas Hockley House (1875), designed by architect Frank Furness. Allen Evans was a draftsman in Furness's office when it was built.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes George E. Thomas (1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hockley Row" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16.