Apartment Building and Hotel Data from the Philadelphia Blue Book Directory
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Apartment Building and Hotel listings in Philadelphia's Blue Book for the years 1890, 1892-93, 1900, 1910 & 1918

WP=West Philadelphia, NP=North Philadelphia, GTN=Germantown


1890 12 listings:
91.67% of apartment buildings and hotels are located in Center City
8.33% are located in the Germantown/East Falls neighborhood

St. Elmo's Hotel 317 Arch Street
Washington Hotel 709 Chestnut Street
Continental Hotel c. 9th & Chestnut (even)
Girard House c. 9th & Chestnut (odd)
Colonnade Hotel 1500 Chestnut Street
Palmer House 1607 Chestnut Street
Aldine Hotel 1914 Chestnut Street
Windsor Hotel 1229 Filbert Street
The Hamilton 1334 Walnut Street
St. Charles Hotel 56 3rd Street
Bingham House S. 11th & Market Sts.
Coulter House GTN Coulter Street West


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


1892-93 15 listings:
100% are located in Center City

St. Elmo's Hotel
 317 Arch Street
Washington Hotel 709 Chestnut Street
Continental Hotel c. 9th & Chestnut (even)
Girard House
 c. 9th & Chestnut (odd)
Colonnade Hotel
 1500 Chestnut Street
Palmer House
 1607 Chestnut Street
Aldine Hotel 1914 Chestnut Street
The Hamilton 1334 Walnut Street
Bingham House
 S. 11th & Market Sts.
The Colonial
 S. 11th & Spruce Sts.
The Gladstone S. 11th & Pine Sts.
The Carlton 1816 Chestnut Street
Hotel Bellevue S. Broad & Walnut Sts.
Hotel Lafayette S. Broad & Sansom Sts.
Hotel Stratford S. Broad & Walnut Sts.


1900 31 listings:
67.74% are located in Center City
22.58% are located in West Philadelphia
6.45% are located in North Philadelphia
3.22% are located in Germantown

Continental Hotel c. 9th & Chestnut Steet
Colonnade Hotel 1500 Chestnut Street
Aldine Hotel 1914 Chestnut Street
The Rittenhouse
 2126 Chestnut Street
The Hamilton 1334 Walnut Street
The Kenmar 1001 Pine Street
The Lincoln 1222 Locust Street
Bingham House S. 11th & Market Sts.
The Colonial S. 11th & Spruce Sts.
The Gladstone S. 11th & Pine Sts.
The Pascoe 313 S. 13th Street
Hotel Bellevue S. Broad & Walnut Sts.
Hotel Stratford S. Broad & Walnut Sts.
Hotel Lafayette S. Broad & Sansom Sts.
Hotel Stenton S. Broad & Spruce Sts.
Walton Hotel S. Broad & Locust Sts.
The Esmond SE c. 12th & Spruce Sts.
The NeWPort SE c. 16th & Spruce Sts.
Hotel Flanders SE c. 15th & Walnut Sts.
The Duquesne 225 S. 16th Street
The Hadleigh 112 N. 18th St.
The Bartram WP SW c. 33rd & Chestnut Sts.
The Covington WP 37th & Chestnut Sts.
The Sherwood WP 38th & Chestnut Sts.
The Walnut WP 4315 Walnut Sts.
The Eleonora WP 4114 Parkside Ave.
The Lansdowne
 WP 4100 Parkside Ave.
The Parkside WP c. 40th & Parkside Ave.
The Frontenac NP c. Oxford & Broad Sts.
The Lorraine NP c. Fairmount Ave. & N. Broad Sts.
Wissahickon Inn
 GTN


1910 37 listings:
54.05% are located in Center City
37.84% are located in West Philadelphia
5.41% are located in North Philadelphia
2.7% are located in Germantown

Continental Hotel c. 9th & Chestnut Sts.
Colonnade Hotel 1500 Chestnut Sts.
The Blenheim 1632 Chestnut Sts.
The Belgravia 1811 Chestnut Sts.
Aldine Hotel 1914 Chestnut Street
The Rittenhouse 2126 Chestnut Street
The Warwick 1906 Sansom Street
The Colonial S. 11th & Spruce Sts.
The Gladstone S. 11th & Pine Sts.
The Morris 313 S 13th Street
The St. James SE c. 13th Street & Walnut Sts.
Hotel Bellevue-Stratford S. Broad & Walnut Sts.
Hotel Walton S. Broad & Locust Sts.
Hotel Stenton S. Broad & Spruce Sts.
The Royal Apartments 1208 N. Broad Street
The Esmond SE c. 12th & Spruce Sts.
The Newport SE c. 16th & Spruce Sts.
The Clinton
 NE c. 10th & Clinton Sts.
The Bartram WP SW c. 33rd & Chestnut Sts.
The Covington WP c. 37th & Chestnut Sts.
The Sherwood WP c. 38th & Chestnut Sts.
Hamilton Court Apartments WP c. 39th & Chestnut Sts.
The Netherlands WP 4300 Chestnut Street
The Normandie WP c. 36th & Chestnut Sts.
The Satterlee WP SW c. 45th & Chestnut Sts.
The Hollingsworth WP 4315 Walnut Street
The Ivan WP c. Baltimore Ave. & S 47th St.
The Montrose WP NE c. Baltimore Ave. & 47th St.
The Parkside WP c. 40th & Parkside Ave.
The Lansdowne WP 4100 Parkside Ave.
The Brantwood WP 4136 Parkside Ave.
The Tracy WP 18 S 36th Street
The Lorraine NP c. Fairmount Ave. & N. Broad Sts.
The Burlington NE c. Juniper & Spruce Sts.
The Delmar GTN c. Morris & Chelten Ave. (near Train)
The Majestic NP c. Girard & N Broad Sts.
Hotel Newton 2219 Green Street (near Fairmount Park)


1918 66 listings:
38.89% are located in Center City
48.61% are located in West Philadelphia
9.72% are located in Germantown
2.7% are located in North Philadelphia

Hotel Adelphia 1229-1237 Chestnut Street
Aldine Hotel 1914 Chestnut Street
The Alexandra WP 42nd Street & Chester Avenue
The Avondale WP 39th & Locust Sts
The Bartram WP SW c. 33rd & Chestnut Sts
The Belgravia 1811 Chestnut Sts.
The Belle Claire WP NW c. Girard & Parkside Ave.
Hotel Bellevue-Stratford S. Broad & Walnut Sts.
The Blenheim 1632 Chestnut Sts.
The Brantwood 4136 Parkside Ave.
The Buckingham WP 44th & Walnut Sts
The Burlington NE c. Juniper & Spruce Sts.
Clermont Apartments WP c. 44th & Walnut Sts.
The Clinton NE c. 10th & Clinton Sts.
The Colonial S. 11th & Spruce Sts.
The Covington WP c. 37th & Chestnut Sts.
Cresheim Arms GTN 51 Allen's Lane
The Delmar GTN c. Morris & Chelten Ave. (near Train)
The Drexel WP Overbrook, Pa
Elizabeth Court WP 49th Street & Baltimore Avenue
The Esmond SE c. 12th & Spruce Sts.
The Essex WP 34th & Chestnut Sts.
Fairfax WP 4231-4241 Locust Street
Florence Apartments WP 49th Street & Baltimore Avenue
The Gladstone S. 11th & Pine Sts.
Gunter Apartments WP 501 S. 41st Street
Hamilton Court Apartments WP c. 39th & Chestnut Sts.
Hampton Court WP 35th Street & Powelton Avenue
Haverford Court 3813 Haverford Avenue
The Ivan WP c. Baltimore Ave. & S 47th St.
The Kenmar 10th & Pine Sts
The Kings Court WP 3450 Chestnut Street
Knox N/A
The Lansdowne WP 4100 Parkside Ave.
The Lenox 230 S. Broad Street
The Lincoln 1222 Locust Street
The Lorraine NP c. Fairmount Ave. & N. Broad Sts.
Maidstone Apartments 1327 Spruce Street
The Majestic NP c. Girard & N Broad Sts.
Manheim 12th & Spruce Sts.
The Marlyn WP NW c. 40th & Walnut Sts.
The Martinique WP 1108 S. 46th Street
The Maryland 311 S. Hicks Street
The Monterey WP 43rd Street & Chester Avenue
The Montevista WP 63rd Street & Oxford Avenue
The Montrose WP NE c. Baltimore Ave. & 47th St.
The Morris 313 S 13th Street
The Netherlands WP 4300 Chestnut Street
The Newport SE c. 16th & Spruce Sts.
The Normandie WP c. 36th & Chestnut Sts.
Overbrook Apartments WP 63rd Street & Lansdowne Avenue
Pelham Apartments GTN Upsal Station
Pelham Court GTN Carpenter Station
The Pinehurst WP 4511-4523 Pine Street
Powelton Apartments WP 3500-3540 Powelton Avenue
The Rittenhouse 2126 Chestnut Street
Ritz Carlton Broad & Walnut Sts.
The Royal Apartments 1208 N. Broad Street
The St. James SE c. 13th Street & Walnut Sts.
The Satterlee WP SW c. 45th & Chestnut Sts.
The Sedgley WP 45th & Pine Sts.
The Sherwood WP c. 38th & Chestnut Sts.
Hotel Stenton S. Broad & Spruce Sts.
Stonehurst Apartments WP SE C. S. 45th & Osage Ave.
Stoneleigh Court WP 46th &Walnut Sts.
The Sunderland WP NE c. 35th & Powelton Ave.
The Tracy WP 18 S 36th Street
Hotel Walton S. Broad & Locust Sts.
The Warwick 1906 Sansom Street
West Chelton Apartments GTN West Chelton & Knox Sts.
Wissahickon GTN Queen Lane Station
Wood-Norton Apartments GTN Wayne Avenue & Johnson Street

 





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