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Key Details
Property Type Townhouse
Sub Type Interior Row/Townhouse
Listing Status Active
Purchase Type For Sale
Square Footage 10,000 sqft
Price per Sqft $295
Subdivision Rittenhouse Square
MLS Listing ID PAPH2623126
Style 10000001211
Bedrooms 7
Half Baths 5
HOA Y/N N
Abv Grd Liv Area 9,000
Year Built 1899
Annual Tax Amount $29,451
Tax Year 2025
Lot Size 2,000 Sqft
Acres 0.05
Lot Dimensions 20.00 x 100.00
Property Sub-Type Interior Row/Townhouse
Source BRIGHT
Property Description
Accepting Starting Bids Through 16 June.
Starting Bids Expected Between $1M-$1.75M.
Earn an incentive by 16 June.
An extraordinary opportunity to own one of Philadelphia's most architecturally significant buildings, steps from Rittenhouse Square. Designed in 1902 by Horace Trumbauer, architect of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the five-story Edward C. Knight Mansion was conceived in the 18th-century French Beaux-Arts tradition and has never lost its grandeur.
The building's most celebrated feature is its four-story elliptical Carrara marble staircase, crowned by an oeil-de-boeuf skylight. The façade retains its original ornate wrought-iron balconies and gates, crafted by master metalworker Samuel Yellin. Interior spaces are generous, light-filled, and adaptable.
Commercially zoned and currently configured for professional office use, the property offers compelling mixed-use potential - whether repositioned for boutique hospitality, luxury residential conversion, creative office, or a flagship retail or gallery concept befitting its address and pedigree.
Over a century of distinguished ownership, including use as a private art museum and civic institution, has only deepened the building's provenance. Properties of this caliber and location rarely come to market.
Location
State PA
County Philadelphia
Area 19103 (19103)
Zoning CMX3
Direction South
Rooms
Basement Partially Finished
Interior
Interior Features Curved Staircase, Elevator, Skylight(s), Wood Floors
Hot Water Natural Gas
Heating Hot Water
Cooling Central A/C
Fireplaces Number 4
Fireplaces Type Marble
Fireplace Y
Heat Source Natural Gas
Exterior
Water Access N
View City
Accessibility Elevator
Garage N
Building
Story 5
Foundation Permanent
Above Ground Finished SqFt 9000
Sewer Public Sewer
Water Public
Architectural Style 10000001211
Level or Stories 5
Additional Building Above Grade, Below Grade
New Construction N
Schools
School District The School District Of Philadelphia
Others
Senior Community No
Tax ID 883046300
Ownership Fee Simple
SqFt Source 10000
Special Listing Condition Standard, Auction
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