Pennsylvania Railroad Office Building
Pennsylvania Railroad Office Building | |
Location | 3175 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 39°57′21″N 75°11′16″W / 39.95583°N 75.18778°WCoordinates: 39°57′21″N 75°11′16″W / 39.95583°N 75.18778°W |
Area | 1.3 acres (0.53 ha) |
Built | 1927 |
Architect | Graham, Anderson, Probst & White |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 03000071[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 27, 2003 |
Pennsylvania Railroad Office Building is a historic office building located in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1927, and is a 14-story, brick and limestone building in the Classical Revival style. It consists of a four-story limestone and terra cotta base, topped by a 10-story E-shaped tower of buff-colored brick.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]
Gallery[]
The view from Market St.
Towers
Central Tower
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Cynthia Rose Hamilton (February 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Pennsylvania Railroad Office Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-18.
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Categories:
- Pennsylvania Railroad
- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia
- Neoclassical architecture in Pennsylvania
- Office buildings completed in 1927
- University City, Philadelphia
- Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs