Edward Drinker Cope House

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Edward D. Cope House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
2100-2102 Pine Street
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Location	2102 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°56′49.21″N 75°10′36.14″W / 39.9470028°N 75.1767056°W / 39.9470028; -75.1767056Coordinates: 39°56′49.21″N 75°10′36.14″W / 39.9470028°N 75.1767056°W / 39.9470028; -75.1767056
Built	1880
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Second Empire
NRHP Reference #	75001660
Added to NRHP	May 15, 1975^[1]
Designated NHL	May 15, 1975^[2]

Edward Drinker Cope House, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a home of Edward Drinker Cope, a prolific geologist and paleontologist and noted herpetologist.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975.^[2]^[3]^[4]

View from the northeast

Bright sunlight coming in through windows in the background show a long narrow room with a Victorian fireplace at left, and light fittings (center) hanging from the ceiling. A desk and chair are at center, with the desk piled high with papers, books and specimen boxes. Another desk, partially seen in the foreground, is similarly cluttered, as is a third desk in the background. Two book cabinets, at right and left, are filled, and have more books piled on top of them to the ceiling. An empty sofa is at right.

Cope's cluttered study in 1897. The Pine Street home was filled with Cope's papers, bones, stuffed and mounted animals, and specimens preserved in alcohol that covered his desks and an improvised shelf in his bathroom.^[5]

References

↑ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 "Edward D. Cope House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
↑ James Sheire (March 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Edward Drinker Cope Home" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying one photo, exterior, from 1975 (32 KB)
↑ Williams, David B. (August 25, 2010). "Edward Drinker Cope: His Home Inside and Out". www.geologywriter.com. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
↑ Fowler, 196.

External links

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-1500, "Edward Drinker Cope Houses"

US National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania

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