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Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company Building
currently Wells Fargo Building


sculptors: Piccirilli Brothers

window designers: d'Ascenzo Studios

architect: Simon & Simon, 1927-28

architectural style: Beaux-Arts

Center City - Rittenhouse Square
Avenue of the Arts - Broad Street Historic District
123-151 S. Broad St.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Beneficial Saving Fund Society Building

architect: Horace Trumbauer, 1916

1200 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Jefferson Medical College Curtis Building

architect: Horace Trumbauer, 1931
architectural style: Art Deco

1015 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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First National Bank Building

facade designer: O.W. Ketcham Terra Cotta Works

architect: Ritter and Shay, 1926-28
addition by Bower and Fradley, 1963-66

architectural style: Lombard Romanesque Revival, skyscraper


Center City, Rittenhouse Square neighborhoods
1500 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Jefferson Medical College Curtis Building

architect: Horace Trumbauer, 1931
architectural style: Art Deco

1015 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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