Paul Busti House, Forty-sixth Street & Haverford Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Summary
Significance: The house is one of the early rural country houses that survived urban expansion. From 1799-1826 the house was the home of Paul Busti, an agent for the Holland Land Company and a founder of the city of Buffalo, New York. For many years the house was owned by Pennsylvania Hospital, whose original specialty was the treatment of mental illness.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-235
Survey number: HABS PA-1628
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 39.96692, -75.22993
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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