South 22nd St. at St. James St.
English Village
1928, Spencer Roberts

Opportunities for new development in Rittenhouse-Fitler sometimes arose when institutions departed for larger or more modern quarters. Children’s Hospital moved from a large parcel on S. 22nd St. in 1923. In its place, Spencer Roberts built English Village, a mews of cottages in the Cotswold mode. When completed, this housing development was hailed as “A Bit of Olde England” in Philadelphia. Facing a common garden with winding path, the two- and two-and-a-half-story houses are unornamented stucco, but the massing of advancing and retreating facades and alternating gables and dormered slate roofs creates a uniquely picturesque enclave.

NEXT - Turn right on 22nd St., and continue to Locust St. to view the next two sites, across the street at the northeast and southeast corners.