by Navy Yard Philadelphia
November 30, 2017
Categories: History,
Just west of the Navy Yard Broad Street entrance is Quarters A, the Navy Yard’s oldest building. Built in 1874, it is a three-story, Italian Villa-style, white painted brick house for the Navy Yard’s civil engineer. From this building, the Navy civil engineer directed the dredging of the Reserve Basin in League Island’s back channel and the construction of a causeway extending Broad Street to the island. A street grid was established and buildings were grouped and built according to Navy department organization.
In 1901, a porch was added. Quarters A features an off-center square tower, slate covered gable roof, bracketed eaves, and a bay window.
Until 1960, it served as the civil engineer’s residence, and later became an admiral’s quarters.
The house is now registered on the National Register of Historic Places and is part of a designated Historic District that protects many of the Navy Yard’s remaining structures.
No longer residential, Quarters A has been renovated into unique office space for businesses who want to be located at the Navy Yard.
Today, the building is leased by Cloudnexa, a fast growing, born in the cloud organization dedicated to helping clients achieve their business and IT objectives utilizing Amazon Web Services.
