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Washington Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located in the Hawthorne neighborhood of South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It encompasses eight contributing buildings built between 1889 and 1927. They are large industrial buildings that were occupied by the Main Belting Company, John Williams Company and C. J. Milne textile manufacturers, John Wanamaker clothing factory, Curtis Publishing, American Cigar Company, John Wyeth Laboratories, and National Licorice.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania ) ''Note:'' This includes 〕 It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.〔 ==History== Washington Avenue was a district of manufacturing plants and factories that was also known as the "workshop of the world" up until mid 20th century (1950s). The avenue was home to the Curtis Publishing Company printing press, "... which printed Ladies Home Journal and Saturday Evening Post, and the locally renowned merchant John Wanamaker’s." File:Was 1101, 1301 Washington Philly.JPG|Empty lots at 1101 S. Broad and 1301 Washington where contributing buildings were located. 1201 Washington is in the background. File:1135 Washington Philly, PA.JPG|1135 Washington, formerly the American Cigar Company, File:1201 Washington Philly, PA.JPG|1201 Washington, formerly the John Wyeth Chemical Company, 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Washington Avenue Historic District (Philadelphia)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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