Archbishop’s Residence Since 1882 For Sale
Center City, Philadelphia – The home of Philadelphia’s Catholic archbishops since the 1930’s is for sale. The property, located at 5700 City Avenue, has over 10,000 square feet of living space and sits on over 8 acres of land. The Catholic News Service /U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops put out a press release recently with a little more about the property:
“The home was purchased by Cardinal Dennis Dougherty in 1935. It has been used as the home of every archbishop of Philadelphia ever, including Cardinals John O’Hara, John Krol, Anthony Bevilacqua and Justin Rigali. Prominent visitors of the archbishops’ residence over the years have included Pope John Paul II in 1979 and President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan. While Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput did not comment on the impending sale of the house, archdiocesan officials indicated that proceeds from the sale would go to help struggling inner-city parishes in the archdiocese and that the archbishop may reside in the cathedral rectory, which had been built originally as the residence of the archbishop. According to a 1982 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission report, Philadelphia real estate records and contemporary news accounts, the stone house was built in 1882 in the Victorian Gothic style by one of Philadelphia’s leading architects, a Quaker, Addison Hutton, for the prominent Scull family. They lived in the home and named it Egerton House, along with a home on an adjoining property, which is now the convent of the contemplative Sisters of the Visitation.”
With all of the Catholic churches on the market recently and the news of 40 Catholic schools closing it’s clear that the Catholic church is struggling financially.
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