Drexel and Company Building explained

Drexel and Company Building
Location:135–143 S. 15th St.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:39.9494°N -75.1661°W
Built:1925–1927
Architect:Day & Klauder
Builder:Doyle & Co.
Architecture:Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Renaissance Palazzo
Added:February 8, 1980
Refnum:80003610

Drexel and Company Building, also known as the Drexel Building, is a historic bank building located in the Rittenhouse Square East neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1925 and 1927, and is a six-story, building with basement and penthouse in a Renaissance Palazzo style. It is faced in ashlar granite and features a rounded entrance portal, low relief zodiac roundels, carved shields, and wrought iron lamps. It was built as headquarters for Drexel and Company, which was subsequently dissolved in the 1930s. It was then occupied by a local bank.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania . CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System . Searchable database . 2012-06-17 . 2007-07-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp . dead . Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H001356 01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Drexel and Company Building ]. 2012-06-16 . George E. Thomas . PDF . July 1979 .