Mayfair House

The Mayfair House was a historic 14 story apartment building completed in 1926 and located at 401 West Johnson Street in the West Mount Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Lincoln Drive between Johnson and Cliveden Streets. It was considered "one of the city's most original and distinctive landmarks, a major architectural work."[2]

Mayfair House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Empty lot with Connie Mack's house behind it
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Location	401 W. Johnson St., Philadelphia
Coordinates	40°2′14″N 75°11′30″W
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1925
Architect	Sugarman & Berger
Architectural style	Regency Revival
NRHP reference No.	82003811[1]
Added to NRHP	April 07, 1982

It may be considered part of a set of three apartment buildings in the area, the others being the Alden Park Manor and McCallum Manor which offered a type of modern city living in the early 20th century in a suburban, even rustic, setting. The Regency architecture also offered "ethnic continuity" to Philadelphia's anglophile culture.[2]

The building has been destroyed and 401 West Johnson Street is now an empty lot.[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. George E. Thomas, NRHP Nomination, November 1981, available at CRGS Key number H001416
3. Skyscraperpage.com, Mayfair House Philadelphia, accessed 2010-06-07