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Franklin Court is a complex of museums, structures, and historic sites within Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.It is located at the site which American printer, scientist, diplomat, and statesman Benjamin Franklin had his Philadelphia residence from 1763 to his death in 1790.
The Franklin Residences is a historic apartment building located at 834 Chestnut Street in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It opened on January 14, 1925, as the Benjamin Franklin Hotel and was named after United States Founding Father Benjamin Franklin .
The PSFS Building (1931) with Liberty Place (1987) in the background. Numerous steel and concrete skyscrapers were constructed in the first two decades of the 20th century. In the 1920s construction continued with skyscrapers such as the Aldine Trust Building, the Lewis Tower, the Drake Hotel, the Ben Franklin House and the Rittenhouse Plaza.
PA-1645: Richards Medical Research Laboratories: 4 Louis Kahn: 1962 3700–3710 Hamilton Walk Entrance porch Towne Building: 13 Cope & Stewardson 1903 220 South 33rd Street (NW corner 33rd Street & Smith Walk) University Museum: 8 Wilson Eyre, Cope & Stewardson, and Frank Miles Day 1895-1899 1912 addition by Wilson Eyre 1929 addition by
May 11, 1976 (North Philadelphia Eastern banks of the Schuylkill River: Fairmount Park: First municipal waterworks in the United States. Designed in 1812 by Frederick Graff and built between 1819 and 1822, it operated until 1909.
1914–17: National Memorial Arch at Valley Forge National Historical Park in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania; 1916–17: Central Library in Indianapolis (with Zantzinger, Borie and Medary) 1922–26: Benjamin Franklin Bridge crossing the Delaware River from Philadelphia to Camden, New Jersey; 1923–25: Barnes Foundation in Merion, Pennsylvania
The Goddard Laboratories, which are connected to the Richards Laboratories, have a similar appearance. When the University of Pennsylvania decided it needed a new medical research building, the dean of fine arts recommended Louis Kahn, a highly regarded professor of architecture on the faculty there who had been exploring new approaches for modern architecture.
He named the house "Clunie" after the ancient seat of his family's clan in Scotland. [3] The builder-architect was Thomas Nevell (1721—1797), an apprentice of Edmund Woolley, who built Independence Hall. The house is administered by the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Fairmount Park. [4] It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974. [2] [5]