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3402–3436 Sansom St., Philadelphia, ... Sansom Row is a row of historic houses located at 3402 to 3436 Sansom Street in the University City neighborhood of ...
Roughly bounded by Chestnut, 15th, Walnut, Sansom, and 21st Streets; also roughly bounded by the Center City West Historic District, S. 15th, Locust St., and S. Sydenham St. 39°56′45″N 75°10′20″W / 39.9458°N 75.1722°W / 39.9458; -75.1722 ( Center City West Commercial Historic
In the early 1930s 30th Street Station, Convention Hall, and the Franklin Institute were constructed. In 1932 the United States' first International style skyscraper was built. The 631,006 sq.ft. [ 1 ] PSFS Building , which was designed by George Howe and William Lescaze , was topped with the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society's initials in 27 ...
Street signage. Alterations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries changed most of the row – only 700, 730 and 732 Sansom retained their original experience. 710 Sansom, built in 1870, is a three-story commercial building with stone lintels. Its Victorian style is typical of the buildings that became the center for jewelry and diamond ...
Dr. William Williams Keen, known as "the father of American surgery", was a deacon of First Baptist Church throughout his life. [8] The congregation moved from 2nd & Arch into a new church building at Broad and Arch Streets in 1855. [2] The current church at 17th and Sansom was built in 1900 and is a blend of Byzantine and Romanesque styles. [9]
The former meeting house became a Philadelphia public school. [21] North side of New Street, between Front and 2nd Streets, Philadelphia: North Meeting House [30] 1838 c.1968 Built for Orthodox Friends who separated from the Hicksite Green Street Meeting House. "The dimensions of the building were 118 by 65 feet, with a height of 30 feet." [30]
Lyon owned a house on Library [now Sansom] Street, east of 5th Street. [9] He was a member of Philadelphia's St. Andrew's Society, a charitable organization that provided aid to Scottish immigrants. [9] He was also a Freemason. [24] Lyon was buried in 1829 in an unmarked grave in the same churchyard as his daughter.
The United States Custom House is a historic United States federal government building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Built between 1932 and 1934 to the Art Deco designs of the architectural firm of Ritter & Shay, the building occupies an entire block between Second, Chestnut, and Sansom Streets and the former Exchange Place in the heart of the oldest section of the city.