The Packard Motor Car Company Building, also known as the Press Building, is an historic, American office building that is located at 319 North Broad Street between Pearl and Wood Streets in the Callowhill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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| Location | 319 N. Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 39°57′31″N 75°9′45″W / 39.95861°N 75.16250°W |
| Built | 1910–1911 |
| Architect | Albert Kahn |
| Architectural style | Chicago, skyscraper |
| NRHP reference No. | 80003616[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 8, 1980 |
A contributing property to the Callowhill Industrial Historic District, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
History and architectural features
editBuilt between 1910 and 1911, this historic structure was designed by Albert Kahn of the noted Detroit architectural firm of Kahn & Wilby. It is a nine-story, steel-framed, reinforced concrete building; its construction involved one of the first uses of that material in a commercial building. Clad in terra cotta and featuring an ornamented canopy and a prominent overhanging roof, the building housed a showroom and new car inventory space for the Packard Motor Car Company.[2][3]
The showroom was remodeled in 1927 by Philip Tyre.[4] In November 1928, the building became the headquarters of the Philadelphia Record newspaper, which it remained until the Record folded during a 1947 strike.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] It is a contributing property to the Callowhill Industrial Historic District.
The building was renovated into apartments in 1986 by Bower Lewis Thrower and John Milner Associates.[3]
Gallery
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The building's canopy
See also
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References
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- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes George E. Thomas (September 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Packard Motor Corporation Building" (PDF). Retrieved June 16, 2012.
- ^ a b Gallery, John Andrew, ed. (2004), Philadelphia Architecture: A Guide to the City (2nd ed.), Philadelphia: Foundation for Architecture, ISBN 0962290815, p.97
- ^ Teitelman, Edward & Longstreth, Richard W. (1981), Architecture in Philadelphia: A Guide, Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, ISBN 0262700212, p.136
External links
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Media related to Packard Motor Car Company Building at Wikimedia Commons- The Packard Motor Car Building | Apartments in Center City Philadelphia
