Old Federal Reserve Bank Building (Philadelphia)

The Old Federal Reserve Bank Building is a historic bank building located at 925 Chestnut Street on the corner of S. 10th Street in the Market East neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The main section was designed by architect Paul Philippe Cret in the Classical Revival style influenced by the Beaux-Arts style,[3] and was built between 1931 and 1935. It incorporated the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Building, built in 1889, with additions made in 1918 and 1925. Cret designed the formal gardens which were added in 1941[1] and in 1952–3, a recessed seventh story were added, designed by Harbeson, Hough, Livingston & Larson, the successor firm to Cret.[1] The building features sculptures of the goddess Athena made by Alfred-Alphonse Bottiau.

Old Federal Reserve Bank
(2013)
Location925 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°57′0″N 75°9′26″W
Built1931-35[1]
ArchitectPaul Philippe Cret, Harbeson, Hough, Livingston & Larson
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.79002325[2]
Added to NRHPJune 28, 1979

The building is 11 bays wide, measuring 170 feet wide and 113 feet deep, has a steel frame structure faced with Vermont marble, and has engaged piers.[4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[2] It is located on the East Center City Commercial Historic District. The building is now part of the Center City campus of the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

  • Bottiau's sculpture on the west side of the main entrance
  • The center of the Chestnut Street facade
  • Bottiau's sculpture on the east side of the main entrance

See also
  •  Philadelphia portal
  •  Banks portal

References

Notes

  1. Gallery, John Andrew, ed. (2004), Philadelphia Architecture: A Guide to the City (2nd ed.), Philadelphia: Foundation for Architecture, ISBN 0962290815, p.109
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. Teitelman, Edward & Longstreth, Richard W. (1981), Architecture in Philadelphia: A Guide, Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, ISBN 0262700212, p.73
  4. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Constance M. Bille (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Old Federal Reserve Bank" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16.


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