Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Building
Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Building | |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Coordinates | 39°57′13″N 75°11′14″W / 39.95361°N 75.18722°W |
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| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1929 |
| Architect | United Engineers & Constructors |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| NRHP reference No. | 99001291[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 28, 1999 |
The Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Building is an historic, American
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]
History and architectural features
Built by the
From 1956 to 1993, this building was the GE Re-entry Systems facility, where "thousands of engineers and technicians who solved the problem of vehicles successfully reentering the Earth's atmosphere"[3] for NASA. Among the achievements of the men and women working at the facility was "the recovery of the first man-made object from orbit," a unique milestone for humanity.[4]
Generations of University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University students who worked there know it as "The GE Building." It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]
For this work, The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) designated it as an Historic Aerospace Site in 2007.[3]
The building has been converted to residential use and is now known as the Left Bank.
Gallery
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SW corner -
Walnut Street Entrance -
Art Deco detail
References
- ^ 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 Cynthia Rose Hamilton (July 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Building" (PDF). Retrieved July 18, 2012.
- ^ a b "GE Re-entry Systems in Philadelphia Designated Historic Aerospace Site". www.spaceref.com. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ^ "GE Re-entry Systems | Invention & Technology Magazine". www.inventionandtech.com. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
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