*Born
in Cincinnati/ bachelor's degree Yale 1933/ MFA Princeton's Graduate
School of Architecture 1941/ After serving in the U.S. Navy Longstreth
entered the office of Richard Neutra in 1946, while there he worked on
several projects including the Edgar Kaufmann home in Palm Springs,
CA. Thaddeus moved to Philadelphia in 1947 working with Oscar Stonorov
and with Vincent Kling participating in the Lankenau Hospital project.
He opened his own office in Washington Crossing, PA in 1950. Starting
in 1953 Longstreth collaborated with Neutra on several houses in the
region, and was the resident supervising architect for Neutra &
Alexander. He retired from practice in 1980. * bio material from the
Thaddeus Longstreth Collection, The Architectureal Archives, University
of PA.
Plough House 1958 Plough, Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Jr.
Dashen House 1969 Dashen, Dr and Mrs. Rodger
Index to MODERN HOMES PHILADELPHIA History Pages
Overview of Philadelphia Area Mid-Century Modern Residential Architecture(below on this page)Photo overviewfollowed by brief written overview of Philadelphia mid-century architects .
Time Lineof area modern homes from 1930's to todayMid-Century Modern Homes Architects Who Designed Mid-Century Modern Homes in the Philadelphia Region
photographs of the regional homes designed by each architect are included
