Grumblethorpe Tenant House
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Grumblethorpe Tenant House
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Grumblethorpe Tenant House, March 2010
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| Location | 5269 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°1′56″N 75°10′8″W / 40.03222°N 75.16889°WCoordinates: 40°1′56″N 75°10′8″W / 40.03222°N 75.16889°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c. 1744 |
| NRHP Reference # | 72001156 |
| Added to NRHP | June 19, 1972 |
Grumblethorpe Tenant House, also known as the Tenant House of Wister's Big House, is a historic home located in the Wister neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1744, and expanded in the early 19th-century. It is a 2 1/2-story, stone dwelling, 31 feet square. The original house was one-story, 19 feet wide by 28 feet deep. It was originally built as a dependency to John Wister's summer home, Grumblethorpe.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. It is a contributing property of the Colonial Germantown Historic District, which has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
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