The Chestnut Hill Historic District is a historic area covering all the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ()
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district in 1985.
Contributing properties The historic district comprises 1,987 contributing properties over 1,920 acres, including: The Anglecot (designed by Wilson Eyre) Druim Moir Historic District, includes Romanesque Revival mansion (1883–1886), designed by G. W. & W. D. Hewitt Graver's Lane Station (1883), designed by Frank Furness John Story Jenks School (1922), designed by Irwin T. Catharine Thomas Mill Covered Bridge (across the Wissahickon Creek, the only traditional covered bridge in Philadelphia) Wissahickon Inn (now Chestnut Hill Academy) (1883–1884), designed by G. W. & W. D. Hewitt Inglewood Cottage (1850), designed by Thomas Ustick Walter The former site of Boxly, the estate of Frederick Winslow Taylor, where Taylor often received the business-management pilgrims who came to meet the "Father of Scientific Management" Esherick House (1961), designed by Louis Kahn Vanna Venturi House (1962–1964), designed by Robert Venturi
See also Awbury Historic District Colonial Germantown Historic District RittenhouseTown Historic District Tulpehocken Station Historic District
References
External links Chestnut Hill Historical Society National Register of Historic Places Inventory–Nomination Form