Comly Rich House
1826 establishments in PennsylvaniaFrankford, PhiladelphiaHouses completed in 1826Houses in Philadelphia
The Comly Rich House is a historic house in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, notable as the first home in the United States financed by a savings and loan association, the Oxford Provident Building Society, founded 1831. To buy the house, which cost $500, Rich, variously described as a lamplighter or a maker of combs, received a loan of $375 in April 1831 from the Oxford Provident Building Association, founded the same year. The two-and-a-half-story house, built around 1826, still stands at 4276 Orchard Street. It was listed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places in 1960.
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Orchard Street, Philadelphia
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Orchard Street 4270
19124 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania, United States
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