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Chestnut Street is a major historic street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was originally named Wynne Street because Thomas Wynne's home was there. William Penn renamed it Chestnut Street in 1684. It runs east–west from the Delaware River waterfront in downtown Philadelphia through Center City and West Philadelphia.
Along with Jacob Reed's Sons Store to the immediate west and the Packard Building on 15th Street, the building set the standard for commercial buildings on fashionable Chestnut Street. The Crozer Building included Griffith Hall, named for Dr. Benjamin Griffith, which was used as a place for public music concerts and other events from the 1890s ...
The First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia is a Unitarian Universalist congregation located at 2125 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a regional Community Center it sponsors cultural, educational, civic, wellness and spiritual activities.
The interior of the theatre. The Chestnut Street Theatre (originally named the New Theatre) was the brainchild of Thomas Wignell and Alexander Reinagle who in 1791 convinced a group of Philadelphia investors to build a theater suitable for Wignell's company to perform in. Wignell had not yet formed his company when the New Theatre was being set up to be built, but as the New Theater was being ...
One of the most recognizable buildings designed by Kling is the Bell Atlantic Tower, [2] which was completed in 1991 and remains among the tallest buildings in Philadelphia. Kling also collaborated with Philadelphia city planner Edmund Bacon. The Stubbins Associates was founded by Hugh Stubbins, FAIA, in 1949 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
3728 Chestnut Street Saint Joachim Church: 1527 Church Street Closed July 2013 : Saint Laurentius: 1608 East Berks Street Closed March 2014 : St. Leo the Great 6670 Keystone Street Demolished HABS PA-6692-B: St. Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi Church: 712 Montrose Street St. Mary's: 248 South 4th Street St. Michael's Church: 1445 North 2nd Street
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-6707, "Victory Building, Tenth & Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA", 2 photos, 1 photo caption page HABS No. PA-1523, " New York Mutual Life Insurance Company Building, 1001–1005 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA ", 3 photos, 1 photo caption page
The centerpiece of the historic district is Druim Moir Castle (1885–86), whose main gate is at the corner of Willow Grove Avenue and Cherokee Street. Designed by architects G. W. & W. D. Hewitt, and built at a cost of over $115,000 for Henry H. Houston, the thirty-room home was the largest in its neighborhood.