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Francis McIlvain House

1869 establishments in PennsylvaniaBuildings and structures demolished in 2014Demolished buildings and structures in PhiladelphiaHouses completed in 1869Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia
Logan Square, PhiladelphiaSecond Empire architecture in Pennsylvania
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The Francis McIlvain House was a historic home, built in 1869, in the Logan Square neighborhood of Philadelphia. The house was a 3+1⁄2-story brick rowhouse faced with ashlar brownstone. It had a mansard roof in the Second Empire style.The Francis McIlvain House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.It was demolished in 2014.

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Francis McIlvain House
Arch Street, Philadelphia Center City

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