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The Walnut–Chancellor Historic District is a national historic district that is located in the Rittenhouse Square West neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The theatre housed the Philadelphia Drama Guild until 1981. [29] Walnut Street Theatre Company, a non-profit regional producing company, was formed in 1983 by Bernard Havard. [29] In 1984, Walnut Street Theatre School was established and over 1,200 students enroll annually, and 1986 saw the introduction of the Independence Studio on 3 series.
The 1616 Walnut Street Building or 1616 Building is a historic apartment community building in the Center City area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.A twenty-four-story building, it stands ninety-four meters tall.
The new theatre was built in 1927 at the cost of $2 million, and was designed by architect Herbert J. Krapp; [1] [2] it was named after the 19th century actor Edwin Forrest, who was born in Philadelphia, and owned and lived in the Edwin Forrest House. The opening performance was The Red Robe in 1928. [1]
The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel is a landmark building at 200 S. Broad Street at the corner of Walnut Street in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Constructed in 1904 and expanded to its present size in 1912, it has continued as a well-known institution for more than a century and is still widely known by that original, historic name.
Walnut Street Prison was a city jail and penitentiary house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1790 to 1838. Legislation calling for establishment of the jail was passed in 1773 to relieve overcrowding in the High Street Jail; the first prisoners were admitted in 1776. [ 1 ]
Further west, Walnut Street bisects the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university founded in the mid-18th century by Benjamin Franklin in the University City section of West Philadelphia. At Walnut and 47th Streets is the site of the old West Philadelphia High School, and the Paul Robeson House is located at the corner ...
The St. James is a luxury residential skyscraper in Washington Square West, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.The 498 feet (152 m), 45-story high-rise stands along Walnut Street and Washington Square and is the 15th tallest building in Philadelphia.