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Delmar Apartments
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Delmar Apartments
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Location 319 W. Chelten Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°1′46″N 75°10′54″W / 40.02944°N 75.18167°W / 40.02944; -75.18167
Area less than one acre
Built 1902
Architect Fox, Frederick
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 82001545[1]
Added to NRHP November 14, 1982

Delmar Apartments, also known as Chelten Station, is a historic apartment building located in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1902, and is a five-story, U-shaped brick building in the Colonial Revival-style. The first floor is faced in Wissahickon schist and has a wood porch. It features four-story bay windows, a terra cotta cornice, and pediment above the main entrance. It was the first large apartment building built in the Germantown-Chestnut Hill area.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

  1. ^ a b "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". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-07-04. Note: This includes Carl E. Doebley (June 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Delmar Apartments" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.