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The Philadelphia Bourse was a commodities exchange founded in 1891 by George E. Bartol, a grain and commodities exporter, who modeled it after the Bourse in Hamburg, Germany. The steel-framed building – one of the first to be constructed – was built from 1893 to 1895, and was designed by G. W. & W. D. Hewitt in the Beaux-Arts style . [ 1 ]
The Ridge Avenue Farmers' Market was an historic, American farmers' market building that was located in the Francisville neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
Snellenburg's Department Store, 1100 Market St., Philadelphia, PA (1886-87, demolished), in a c. 1915 photograph. The company moved from its South Street location, where it was founded in 1869 by Joseph Snellenburg, to fashionable 12th and Market Streets in 1889. [2] The store was at a location known as the "Girard Estate."
Notable buildings in Philadelphia's East Center City Commercial Historic District include the Curtis Publishing Co. (1907), Lits Department Store (1891), Strawbridge and Clothier (1868), Gimbels (1894), Benjamin Franklin Hotel (1922), New York Mutual Life Insurance Company Building (1872, 1890), Aldelphia Hotel (1912), Blum Store (1927 ...
The Italian Market in South Philadelphia is a major Philadelphian landmark. Reading Terminal Market in Center City is one of America's oldest and largest public markets. Shopping options in Center City include Fashion District Philadelphia , The Shops at Liberty Place, Jewelers' Row , South Street , Old City's 3rd Street Corridor, and a wide ...
Bassett's Ice Cream at Reading Terminal Market Harry Ochs Original Harry Ochs meat stand. Open-air markets have flourished in Philadelphia since its founding. Growth of the city demanded more markets, and the string of open-air markets extending from the Delaware River ran for six blocks, or one full mile, prompting the main street (then called 'High Street') to be renamed 'Market Street' in ...
The Reading Company Grain Elevator was built as a grain elevator in 1925 by the Reading Railroad in Center City Philadelphia to replace an elevator that had operated on the same spot since the Civil War. The building was abandoned in the 1950s and refitted in the 1970, with the lower floor made into offices, the grain storage areas essentially ...
Pages in category "Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .