Description:

Two-and-a-half story stucco house with wood trim. Mansard roof.

Background:

This was the home and office of Dr. William Warrick (1867-1940). Warrick was a track star at the University of Pennsylvania and later one of the earliest African-Americans to graduate from its medical school. His sister, Meta Warrick Fuller, was a well- known sculptor who studied under Rodin.

Sources:

• GHS: Baugh, J. Gordon. Souvenir of Germantown.., p. 34 (photograph of interior and text).

• 1996 National Register of Historic Places Nomination for the African American Historic Sites of Philadelphia, Continuation Sheet E, p. 15: footnote 46 states "In Germantown, Dr. William Henry Warrick, whose office and home were located at 41 W. Harvey Street...provided medical care to Blacks."