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The block of row houses is an important example of Philadelphia’s architectural and developmental history. [3] Sansom erected the buildings on what was then the outskirts of Philadelphia. To attract tenants he paved Sansom Street at his own expense. He then hired Benjamin Latrobe to design another row on the 700 block of Walnut Street. A ...
Mary Brown Warburton, then president of the EAP, hired New York architect Arthur Loomis Harmon to design a multi-story hotel building in the heart of Philadelphia's growing downtown. The site of the hotel was selected on the northeast comer of South 20th and Sansom Streets where several earlier nineteenth century rowhouses were recently demolished.
3402–3436 Sansom St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Coordinates Area: 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) Built: 1869 ... lived for a time in the rowhouse located at 3420 Sansom ...
Powelton is also easily accessed by trolley: the route 10 trolley runs on 36th Street between the Ludlow Street portal and Lancaster Avenue, continuing west on Lancaster Avenue. Additionally, there are two underground trolley stops close to Powelton: 33rd and Market, serving all trolley lines, and 36th and Sansom, serving all lines except route 10.
A small row of restaurants and shops faces the law school on Sansom Street. Nearby are the Penn Bookstore, the Pottruck Center (a 115,000-square-foot (10,700 m 2) multi-purpose sports activity area), the Institute of Contemporary Art, a performing arts center, and area shops.
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.
In 1731 the meeting house was replaced by a brick building called LaGrange Place. In 1808, LaGrange Place was replaced by a larger structure. During this time period, from 1707 until about 1860, the church used the south side of the 200 block of Arch Street as a burial ground. [2]
Fourth Street Meeting House and School 1763-1764 [25] 1859 [25] A two-story brick building, "76 feet front on Fourth street, 42 feet deep." [25] Built beside the Friends Public School (for boys). A school for girls occupied the meeting house's second floor. [25] East side of Fourth Street, between Chestnut and Sansom Streets, Philadelphia: PAB [26]