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Dorothy Shipley White Residence

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Dorothy Shipley White Residence

East elevation c. 1964

Credit

Lawrence W. Williams, photographer. Courtesy of the Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania.

Site overview

The Dorothy Shipley White Residence was designed by Philadelphia architects Mitchell/Giurgola Associates in 1962 and constructed in 1963. The residence is a one- and two-story, flat-roofed, stucco-clad concrete block single-family home occupying a wooded one-acre parcel of land fronting Glengarry Road in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia. A relatively early commission in their career, the home’s bold modernist design helped reinforce the firm's reputation as a major figure in what had recently been coined the “Philadelphia School."

Excerpted from the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places nomination

Dorothy Shipley White Residence

South elevation c. 1964. 

Credit

Courtesy of the Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania

Site overview

The Dorothy Shipley White Residence was designed by Philadelphia architects Mitchell/Giurgola Associates in 1962 and constructed in 1963. The residence is a one- and two-story, flat-roofed, stucco-clad concrete block single-family home occupying a wooded one-acre parcel of land fronting Glengarry Road in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia. A relatively early commission in their career, the home’s bold modernist design helped reinforce the firm's reputation as a major figure in what had recently been coined the “Philadelphia School."

Excerpted from the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places nomination

Dorothy Shipley White Residence

Dorothy Shipley White Residence plan: 1) entrance hall, 2) up to studio, 3) guest suite, 4) master bedroom, 5) study, 6) living room, 7) dining room, 8) cocktails, 9) pantry, 10) kitchen and laundry, 11) servant rooms, 12) down to basement.

Credit

Courtesy of the Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania.

Site overview

The Dorothy Shipley White Residence was designed by Philadelphia architects Mitchell/Giurgola Associates in 1962 and constructed in 1963. The residence is a one- and two-story, flat-roofed, stucco-clad concrete block single-family home occupying a wooded one-acre parcel of land fronting Glengarry Road in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia. A relatively early commission in their career, the home’s bold modernist design helped reinforce the firm's reputation as a major figure in what had recently been coined the “Philadelphia School."

Excerpted from the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places nomination

Dorothy Shipley White Residence

White Residence living room as furnished by the owner, c. 1964 

Credit

Photographed by Lawrence R. Williams. Courtesy of the Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania.

Site overview

The Dorothy Shipley White Residence was designed by Philadelphia architects Mitchell/Giurgola Associates in 1962 and constructed in 1963. The residence is a one- and two-story, flat-roofed, stucco-clad concrete block single-family home occupying a wooded one-acre parcel of land fronting Glengarry Road in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia. A relatively early commission in their career, the home’s bold modernist design helped reinforce the firm's reputation as a major figure in what had recently been coined the “Philadelphia School."

Excerpted from the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places nomination

Dorothy Shipley White Residence

White Residence, 2018

Credit

Michael Bixler

Site overview

The Dorothy Shipley White Residence was designed by Philadelphia architects Mitchell/Giurgola Associates in 1962 and constructed in 1963. The residence is a one- and two-story, flat-roofed, stucco-clad concrete block single-family home occupying a wooded one-acre parcel of land fronting Glengarry Road in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia. A relatively early commission in their career, the home’s bold modernist design helped reinforce the firm's reputation as a major figure in what had recently been coined the “Philadelphia School."

Excerpted from the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places nomination

Dorothy Shipley White Residence

White Residence, 2018

Credit

Michael Bixler

Site overview

The Dorothy Shipley White Residence was designed by Philadelphia architects Mitchell/Giurgola Associates in 1962 and constructed in 1963. The residence is a one- and two-story, flat-roofed, stucco-clad concrete block single-family home occupying a wooded one-acre parcel of land fronting Glengarry Road in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia. A relatively early commission in their career, the home’s bold modernist design helped reinforce the firm's reputation as a major figure in what had recently been coined the “Philadelphia School."

Excerpted from the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places nomination

Dorothy Shipley White Residence

White Residence, 2018

Credit

Michael Bixler

Site overview

The Dorothy Shipley White Residence was designed by Philadelphia architects Mitchell/Giurgola Associates in 1962 and constructed in 1963. The residence is a one- and two-story, flat-roofed, stucco-clad concrete block single-family home occupying a wooded one-acre parcel of land fronting Glengarry Road in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia. A relatively early commission in their career, the home’s bold modernist design helped reinforce the firm's reputation as a major figure in what had recently been coined the “Philadelphia School."

Excerpted from the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places nomination

Primary classification

Residential (RES)

Terms of protection


Designations

Philadelphia Register of Historic Places

How to Visit

Private Residence

Location

Dorothy Shipley White Residence

717 Glengarry Road
Philadelphia, PA, 19118

Case Study House No. 21

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East elevation c. 1964

Credit:

Lawrence W. Williams, photographer. Courtesy of the Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania.

South elevation c. 1964. 

Credit:

Courtesy of the Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania

Dorothy Shipley White Residence plan: 1) entrance hall, 2) up to studio, 3) guest suite, 4) master bedroom, 5) study, 6) living room, 7) dining room, 8) cocktails, 9) pantry, 10) kitchen and laundry, 11) servant rooms, 12) down to basement.

Credit:

Courtesy of the Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania.

White Residence living room as furnished by the owner, c. 1964 

Credit:

Photographed by Lawrence R. Williams. Courtesy of the Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania.

White Residence, 2018

Credit:

Michael Bixler

White Residence, 2018

Credit:

Michael Bixler

White Residence, 2018

Credit:

Michael Bixler

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