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Significance: Workman Place is a group of tenement houses arranged around a court. 742-46 S. Front Street houses were built for John Workman, a lumber merchant. Seven smaller tenements (Tenements 1-7) at rear of 742-746 S. Front Street were built in 1748 for George Mifflin, grandfather of the first Governor of Pennsylvania.

Survey number: HABS PA-133

Building/structure dates: 1748 Initial Construction

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1933 - 1970

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