Chateau Crillon Apartment House

The Chateau Crillon Apartment House, also known as the Cohen Apartment House and the Rittenhouse 222 Apartments, is a historic high-rise building in the fashionable Rittenhouse Square section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Chateau Crillon Apartment House
The Chateau Crillon Apartment House is the building on the right.
Location222 S. 19th St.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°56′54″N 75°10′21″W
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1928
ArchitectHorace Trumbauer
Architectural styleLombardic Romanesque
NRHP reference No.78002443[1]
Added to NRHPApril 25, 1978

The 27-story building was designed by architect Horace Trumbauer in the Lombardic Romanesque style and completed in 1928. The style was perhaps suggested by the newly built Shelton Hotel in New York City, designed by A. L. Harmon.[2] There are setbacks on the 17th and 24th floors.[3] The developer was Louis H. Cahan, who also built the Locust Street Theater building at Broad & Locust Sts., The Mitten Building (now The Philadelphia Building) at Juniper and Walnut Sts., and The Mayfair House in the Germantown section of Philadelphia.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, and on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places on May 6, 1982 and on February 8, 1995.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Located at 525 Lexington Avenue.
  3. Thomas, George E. (1977). "Chateau Crillon Apartment House" (PDF). National Registerof Historic Places Nomination Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
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