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Ogontz Hall

Colonial Revival architecture in PennsylvaniaCommercial buildings completed in 1929Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubsResidential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia
West Oak Lane, Philadelphia
Ogontz Hall Philly
Ogontz Hall Philly

Ogontz Hall is a historic combined residential and commercial building complex in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built in 1929, it consists of six buildings, the primary one being the four-story Ogontz Hall; the others are three stories. The buildings share a commercial front. They have Spanish Colonial Revival architecture with a limestone and buff brick exterior and terra cotta tile roofing.The Hall was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

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Ogontz Hall
72nd Avenue, Philadelphia

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72nd Avenue
19138 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania, United States
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West Oak Lane, Philadelphia
West Oak Lane, Philadelphia

West Oak Lane is a neighborhood in the Northwestern Philadelphia. The neighborhood was developed primarily between the early 1920s and late 1930s, with the areas near to Cedarbrook constructed after World War II. At the northeast corner of Limekiln Pike and Washington Lane was the site of the Cedar Park Inn, a historic tavern built in the early 19th century, which was torn down sometime after 1931 as the neighborhood was being fully developed. Although it was predominately Caucasian from its inception until the mid-1960s, West Oak Lane is now one of Philadelphia's middle-class African American communities. The neighborhood is known throughout the city for its jazz festival. The West Oak Lane Jazz Festival has been held in mid-June since 2003. Artists such as Chaka Khan, Teena Marie, Jeffrey Osbourne and Chrisette Michele have performed at the West Oak Lane Jazz Festival. However, since March 2012, the West Oak Lane Jazz Festival has been cancelled. “The festival was never supposed to be something that was going to last forever,” the Ogontz Avenue Revitilization Corporation (OARC) director of marketing and public relations Naja Killebrew stated. "We accomplished everything we wanted to do with it." The neighborhood has distinct architecture that separates it from surrounding neighborhoods. Along with larger and sometimes detached houses, West Oak Lane also has many tree-lined streets and small yards. In 2005, the 19126 and 19138 ZIP codes, which contain West Oak Lane, had a median home sale price of $113,200. This was a 34-percent increase over the median price in 2004. The median home sale price as of April 2015 was $122,941, which was a 1.2% percent increase from the previous year.