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{{short description|Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Rafsnyder-Welsh House
| nrhp_type =
| image = Rafsnyder-Welsh House.JPG
| caption = Rafsnyder-Welsh House, April 2010
| location = 1923 Spruce Street,<br/>[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
| coordinates = {{coord|39|56|53|N|75|10|27|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Philadelphia#Pennsylvania#USA
| built = c. 1855, 1893–1894
| architect = [[H. Edwards Ficken]] (1893-94)
| builder = Edwin Rafsnyder
| architecture = Picturesque Eclectic
| added = February 14, 1980
| area = {{convert|0.1|acre}}
| refnum = 80003618<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
}}
The '''Rafsnyder-Welsh House''' is an historic, American home that is located in the [[Rittenhouse Square]] East neighborhood of [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]].
The house was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1980.<ref name="nris" />
==History and architectural features==
The original house was built circa 1855, as a typical brick Philadelphia [[terraced house|rowhouse]] consisting of a front building, piazza, and back building. It was extensively remodeled and enlarged to its present form between 1893 and 1894.
As presently formed, it consists of a four-story front building that is approximately thirty-four feet wide and thirty-six feet deep. It is connected to a four-story back building, by a four-story section. Attached to the back building is a three-story, brick wing and two-story wing. A four-story fire tower was added in 1922. It has an eclectic front facade of Pompeiian brick with [[sandstone]] and [[terra cotta]] trim.<ref name="arch">{{cite web |url=https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp |title=National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania |publisher=CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System |format=Searchable database}} ''Note:'' This includes {{cite web |url={{NRHP-PA|H001454 01H.pdf}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Rafsnyder-Welsh House |accessdate=2012-06-16 |author=Richard J. Webster |format=PDF |date= October 1979}}</ref>
The house was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1980.<ref name="nris" />
==References==
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{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania}}
[[Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia]]
[[Category:Houses completed in 1894]]
[[Category:Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia]]