The Suffolk Manor Apartments is an historic, American

apartment An apartment (American English, Canadian English), flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), tenement (Scots English), or unit (Australian English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that ...

building that is located in the

Ogontz Ogontz/Belfield is a neighborhood in Upper Northern Philadelphia that is located adjacent to West Oak Lane, East Germantown, Logan, and Fern Rock, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. History Ogontz was named after a Native American chi ...

neighborhood of

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...

. It was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 2002.

History and architectural features

This historic structure is a six-story, 138-unit, steel frame and brick building that sits on a stone foundation. Built in 1930 in the

Tudor Revival Tudor Revival architecture, also known as mock Tudor in the UK, first manifested in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. Based on revival of aspects that were perceived as Tudor architecture, in rea ...

style, it was created in an "H"-plan form with five sections, 84 feet, 6 inches, deep, and 328, 8 inches, wide. It features a crenelated

parapet A parapet is a barrier that is an upward extension of a wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure. The word comes ultimately from the Italian ''parapetto'' (''parare'' 'to cover/defend' and ''petto'' 'chest/brea ...

, half timbering with

stucco Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as a decorative coating for walls and ceilings, exterior walls, and as a sculptural and ...

infill, stone buttressing, and a main entrance with heavy oak double doors in an Elizabethan arch. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

in 2002.

References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia Tudor Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Residential buildings completed in 1930 Olney-Oak Lane, Philadelphia