page_title: Washington Avenue Historic District (Philadelphia)
hierarchical_section_title: Washington Avenue Historic District (Philadelphia)
caption_attribution_description: English: Building in Washington Avenue Historic District on the NRHP since September 7, 1984. The historic district consisted of 8 buildings, roughly bounded by Carpenter, Washington, 10th, and Broad Streets, in the Hawthorne neighborhood of south Philadelphia. These are 1135 Washington, formerly the American Cigar Company, now a trunk rental facility and 1201 Washington, now a self-storage facility.
context_page_description: Washington Avenue Historic District, or Washington Avenue Factory District, is a national historic district located in the Hawthorne and Bella Vista neighborhoods of South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It comprises the remaining four blocks of one of the last industrial neighborhoods in Philadelphia, and encompasses eight contributing buildings built between 1889 and 1927:
  1001 Washington Avenue: C. J. Milne Factory
  1101 Washington Avenue: Curtis Publishing Company
  1135 Washington Avenue: American Cigar Company
  1201 Washington Avenue: John Wyeth Chemical Works
  1301 Washington Avenue: National Licorice Company
  1001 S. Broad Street: John Wanamaker Clothing Factory
  1200 Carpenter Street: John Williams and Company
  1217-37 Carpenter Street: Main Belting Company
  It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
context_section_description: Washington Avenue Historic District, or Washington Avenue Factory District, is a national historic district located in the Hawthorne and Bella Vista neighborhoods of South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It comprises the remaining four blocks of one of the last industrial neighborhoods in Philadelphia, and encompasses eight contributing buildings built between 1889 and 1927:
  1001 Washington Avenue: C. J . Milne Factory
  1101 Washington Avenue: Curtis Publishing Company
  1135 Washington Avenue: American Cigar Company
  1201 Washington Avenue: John Wyeth Chemical Works
  1301 Washington Avenue: National Licorice Company
  1001 S. Broad Street: John Wanamaker Clothing Factory
  1200 Carpenter Street: John Williams and Company
  1217-37 Carpenter Street: Main Belting Company
  It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
caption: 1135 and 1201 Washington
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