Custom House, Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic] / Historic American Buildings Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, National park Service, Branch of Plans and Design.

Format:

Image

Author/Creator:

Historic American Buildings Survey.

Contributor:

Sims, Joseph P.

Vent, Thos. C.

Guttersen, A. G.

Nichols, F. D.

McClure, H. N.

Visual Materials Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Customhouses--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Banks--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

historic buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

420 Chestnut St. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Second Bank of the United States--Old Customs House (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Local Subjects:

420 Chestnut St. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Second Bank of the United States--Old Customs House (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Physical Description:

40 photomechanical reproductions : stats ; 46 x 61 cm.

Contained In:

American Institute of Architects. Philadelphia Chapter. Archives.

Place of Publication:

1939.

Notes:

Set includes sheets 1-19 of 19, plus a title sheet. The dates "measured April 4, 1939" "Drawn August 31, 1939", and names & signatures of the Philadelphia District Officer, Joseph P. Sims, 2008 Architects Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. and the Chief architect Thos C. Vent, appear only on the title sheet. The field party / delineators include: A.G. Guttersen, F.D. Nichols, & H.M. McClure.

Forms part of: American Institute of Architects. Philadelphia Chapter. Archives.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Previously housed at the Historic Society of Pennsylvania the Archives of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects was given to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia in 1986.

Cited in:

Stamm checklist (Historic America), p.591, HABS-PA-137, as Second Bank of the United States (Customs House, Old), 420 Chestnut St. Note that this HABS number, though missing from the checklist, has also been used on HABS drawings for The Glebe House, Old River Road, Lower Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, cataloged separately.