Packard Motor Corporation Building

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Coordinates: 39°57′31″N 75°9′45″W / 39.95861°N 75.16250°W / 39.95861; -75.16250
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Packard Motor Car Company Building
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°57′31″N 75°9′45″W / 39.95861°N 75.16250°W / 39.95861; -75.16250
Built1910–1911
ArchitectAlbert Kahn
Architectural styleChicago, skyscraper
NRHP reference No.80003616[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 8, 1980

The Packard Motor Car Company Building, also known as the Press Building, is an historic, American

Callowhill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
.

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

Built between 1910 and 1911, this historic structure was designed by

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.

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

  • The building's canopy
    The building's canopy

See also

  •  Philadelphia portal
  • Packard Motor Car Dealership (Buffalo, New York)
  • Packard Motor Car Dealership (Dayton, Ohio)

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^
    ISBN 0962290815
    , p.97
  4. ISBN 0262700212
    , p.136

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