Tabor Home for Needy and Destitute Children


Tabor Home for Needy and Destitute Children
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Tabor Home for Needy and Destitute Children, October 2012
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Location	601 New Britain Rd., Doylestown Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°17′32″N 75°7′47″W / 40.29222°N 75.12972°W / 40.29222; -75.12972Coordinates: 40°17′32″N 75°7′47″W / 40.29222°N 75.12972°W / 40.29222; -75.12972
Area	0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built	1879
Architect	Cernea, Thomas
Architectural style	Second Empire
NRHP Reference #	87001207^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 16, 1987

Tabor Home for Needy and Destitute Children, also known as the Philip H. Fretz Mansion, is a historic home located at Doylestown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1879,^[2] and is a large L-shaped brownstone building in the Second Empire style. It consists of a 2 ¹⁄₂-story, five-bay main block with a mansard roof, a 2 ¹⁄₂-story, hipped roof pavilion, and 1 ¹⁄₂-story, library wing. The front facade features a central three-story square tower. It housed the Tabor Home for Needy and Destitute Children from 1913 to 1979.^[3] The organization continues as Tabor Children's Services.^[4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Fretz Mansion". Living Homes. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Judith H. Moore; Jeffrey L. Marshall & William Sisson (March 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Tabor Home for Needy and Destitute Children" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-29.
↑ "History". Tabor Children's Services. Retrieved October 1, 2016.

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