Rittenhouse Sq. and 18th St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Philadelphia.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 14, 1981. NRIS 81000557.
Part of Four Public Squares of Philadelphia TR (NRIS 64000725).
1 contributing structure. 5 contributing objects.
Rittenhouse Square is a public park in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that is the center of the eponymous Rittenhouse neighborhood. The square is one of the five original open-space parks planned by William Penn and his surveyor Thomas Holme during the late 17th century.
Together with Fitler Square, the Rittenhouse neighborhood and the square comprise the Rittenhouse–Fitler Historic District.
Rittenhouse Square is maintained by the non-profit group The Friends of Rittenhouse Square. The square cuts off 19th Street at Walnut Street and also at a half-block above Manning Street. Its boundaries are 18th Street to the east, Walnut Street to the north, and Rittenhouse Square West, a north–south boundary street, and Rittenhouse Square South, an east–west boundary street, making the park approximately two short blocks on each side. Locust Street borders Rittenhouse Square to both its east and west in the middle of the square.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993759