Comly Rich House, 4276 Orchard Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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Significance: This modest 2 1/2 story frame house with one room per floor was built about 1826. In 11831, it was purchased by Comly RIch using a loan he obtained from the newly organized Oxford Provident Building Association. The house thus became the first one in America to be financed by a savings and loan association. The Oxford Provident was modeled on similar English self-help organizations which provided working men with the necessary capitol to purchase a home...

Survey number: HABS PA-1794

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1933 - 1970

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States , 40.00956, -75.08697

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