Drexel and Company Building

United States historic place


Drexel and Company Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Drexel Building, February 2010
39°56′58″N 75°9′58″W / 39.94944°N 75.16611°W / 39.94944; -75.16611
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1925–1927
Built by	Doyle & Co.
Architect	Day & Klauder
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Renaissance Palazzo
NRHP reference No.	80003610^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 8, 1980

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.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "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". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-06-17. Note: This includes George E. Thomas (July 1979). 01H.pdf "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Drexel and Company Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)