Addition to the Pennsylvania Railroad Station on Broad Street / Furness, Evans and Company, Architects.

Format:

Archive

Manuscript

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

railroad stations--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Architecture, American--19th century--Designs and plans.

Broad & Market Sts. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Pennsylvania Railroad Station (Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa.)--Alterations & additions--1890.

Local Subjects:

Broad & Market Sts. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Pennsylvania Railroad Station (Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa.)--Alterations & additions--1890.

Genre:

Architectural drawings -- American.

Ink drawings.

Watercolors.

Physical Description:

item :ink and watercolor on paper, mounted on board ; 46 x 67 cm.

Arrangement:

This is one of 4 drawings on long term loan to the Athenaeum. See RLIN record nos. PAPV90-A0, PAPV90-A1, & PAPV90-A2 for information on other drawings lent by Atwater Kent.

Notes:

A lavishly executed rendering of a proposed addition to the Pennsylvania Railroad Station, across the northwest corner from Philadelphia City Hall, on the northwest corner of Broad and Market Streets.

Finding Aid/Index:

Atwater Kent Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.) Selected architectural drawings [inventory] [1991] item level control.

Cited as:

Athenaeum copy: Atwater Kent Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.) architectural drawings on loan to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, with the support of the Pew Charitable Trusts through its Museum Loan Program.