Nugent Home for Baptists

The story

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The Nugent Home for Baptists is a Chateauesque building at 221 W. Johnson St. in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, designed by architect J. Franklin Stuckert and built in 1895.

Why it's listed

It was listed in the National Register in 2006 under criteria A and C, with local-level significance in architecture and social history. Its period of significance runs from 1895 to 1956, reflecting its construction in 1895, its opening in 1896, and its long use as a retirement home.

Physical character

The exterior combines orange iron-spot Roman brick and Pompeian brick walls with terra cotta belt courses, lintels and quoining on a stone foundation. A steeply pitched hip roof carries red terra cotta pantiles and a molded copper cornice, with two towers, ornate dormers, gabled parapets and elaborate chimneys. Later work included 1910 alterations by Duhring, Okie & Ziegler and new partitions dividing the fourth floor in 1920.

Historical context

The Baptist Home of Philadelphia was chartered in 1869, and the Nugent Home for Baptists was chartered in 1887 and first opened in 1888 at 231 W. Johnson Street. The home served Baptist ministers and their wives until 1981, closed in 2002 after health and safety violations, and a 2004 fire damaged its interior and rear porch.