The Neighborhood of Fairmount, Philadelphia's Art Museum Area




The Neighborhood of Fairmount Philadelphia's Art Museum Area

Reservoir Homes
800 block of 21st Street

The houses bordered by 22nd Street on the west, Corinthian Avenue on the east, Poplar Street on the north, and Parrish Street on the south are sometimes called the Reservoir Houses by the older residents of Fairmount. There was a reservoir on the site many years ago. When it was demolished, these homes were built.

You can see that these homes are different than the rowhouses that dominate the area. With gardens surrounded by stairways that lead to front porches, these houses may seem more luxurious than the common rowhome. The streets are lined with tall sycamore trees.

[Photo of Driveway] The houses also have driveways in the back, and each building has its own private garage.

Like many of the three story rowhouses in the neighborhood, some of these "garden houses" have been renovated into duplexes.

Let's walk down to Parrish Street and turn right. We'll continue to 22nd Street and turn left. There we'll stop by the Bache-Martin School.

Alphabetical Tour Menu
The Bache-Martin School Brewerytown Eastern State Penitentiary Girard College The Joan of Arc Statue Olivet-Covenant Church Pennsylvania Avenue The Philadelphia Nursing Home The Pink Chapel Reservoir Homes The Smoke Stack St. Francis Xavier Church St. Hedwig Church St. Nicholas Church Von Colln Park and Playground Ward Memorial Park The 29th St. Bridge

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