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==Wyncote Historic District== {{Infobox NRHP | name = Wyncote Historic District | nrhp_type = hd | nocat = yes | image = Wycote homes.JPG | caption = Queen Anne-style houses in the district | nearest_city = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] | locmapin = Philadelphia | built = {{Start date|1865}} | architect = [[Frank Furness]], et al. | architecture = Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Queen Anne | added = October 16, 1986 | coordinates = {{coord|40|5|23|N|75|8|33|W|display=inline}} | area = {{convert|108|acre}} | refnum = 86002884<ref name=nris>{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }} Wyncote features the '''Wyncote Historic District''' which is a US Historic district, added in October, 1986. It was made a historic district for its Architecture, Community Planning, and Development. The district covers over 100 acres, and 178 contributing buildings. The Wyncote Historic District has a number of restored [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]]-era homes. The All Hallows Church (constructed 1896β1897) was designed by a firm founded by Philadelphia [[architect]] [[Frank Furness]] (Furness, Evans and Company). Wyncote also has a number of classical Philadelphia stone [[colonial revival]] homes; notable among them is Beechwood, designed in the school of [[R. Brognard Okie|Brognard Okie]], the architect responsible for the reconstruction of Pennsbury Manor on the upper [[Delaware River]], and Appleford in [[Villanova, Pennsylvania]]. <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Wyncote Historic District</div> <gallery class="center" > File:Bent Rd 322, Wyncote PA.JPG|Historic Home File:Bent&Accomac Rds, Wyncote HD 01.JPG|Street Sign showing the Wyncote Historic District sign on the post File:Fernbrook Ave 157, Wyncote PA.JPG|Historic Home File:Greenwood Ave 109, Wyncote PA.JPG|Shop in Wyncote along Greenwood Avenue </gallery>
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