Cobbs Creek, Philadelphia

{{short description|Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States}}

{{For|the stream named Cobbs Creek|Cobbs Creek}}

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Cobbs Creek Automobile Suburb Historic District

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| image = Cobbs Creek Auto burb.JPG

| caption =

| location = Roughly bounded by Cobbs Creek Parkway, Spruce St., 52nd St., and Angora St.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

| coordinates = {{coord|39|57|1|N|75|14|50|W|display=inline}}

| locmapin = Philadelphia#Pennsylvania#USA

| area = {{convert|100|acre}}

| built = 1880

| architect = E.A. Wilson; et al.

| architecture = Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Bungalow/craftsman

| added = November 12, 1998

| refnum = 98001366{{NRISref|2007a}}

}}

Cobbs Creek is a neighborhood located in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, named for the creek which forms part of Philadelphia's western border. Cobbs Creek is generally bounded by Market Street to the north, the Media/Wawa Regional Rail Line to the south, South 50th Street to the east and Cobbs Creek Park to the west

In 1998, the Cobbs Creek Automobile Suburb Historic District was created, with Cobbs Creek Parkway, Spruce Street, 52nd Street, and Angora Street its boundaries. The District protects 1049 buildings, with Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival, and Bungalow/Craftsman architectural styles contained within the district.

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Fires from the 1985 bombing of the MOVE headquarters at 6221 Osage Avenue spread to 64 other buildings in the neighborhood.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4651126 |title=Philadelphia MOVE Bombing Still Haunts Survivors |publisher=NPR |access-date=2015-04-24}} The destroyed homes were hastily rebuilt by the city, but were later condemned after years of attempted repairs to the shoddy construction.{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Martha |date=2005-05-11 |title= 1985 bombing in Philadelphia still unsettled |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-05-11-philadelphia-bombing_x.htm |newspaper=USA Today |location= PHILADELPHIA |access-date=2015-04-24 }}

Also listed on the National Register of Historic Places are the Holmes Junior High School and Walnut Park Plaza Hotel.