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Robert Morris Hotel, 17th & Arch Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic] / The Ballinger Company, architects & engineers, Phila. & New York.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Visual Materials BAL*006*012. BAL-PHO-3784
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- Format:
- Image
- Author/Creator:
- Ballinger Company.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hotels--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- 17th & Arch Sts. (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Robert Morris Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Wesley Building (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Methodist Episcopal Office Building (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Local Subjects:
- 17th & Arch Sts. (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Robert Morris Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Wesley Building (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Methodist Episcopal Office Building (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Genre:
- Architectural drawings.
- Physical Description:
- 13 photoprints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
- Contained In:
- Ballinger Company. Architectural photographs of the work of Ballinger & Perrot, and the successor Ballinger Company.
- Place of Publication:
- 1921-1923.
- Notes:
- Ballinger log book 3, p. 26 lists photo numbers 3617, 3653, 3695-3696, 3720-3723, 3744, 3759-60, 3776, 3784, 3887. Photo no. 3776 is absent from this collection. Photo nos. 3617 and 3653 are architectural drawings. Photo no. 3695 has signs: [1] Hotel Robert Morris ... Opens Nov. 1. Wesley Building. Management of Little Hotel Wilmont, 25 Years at 1410 South Penn Square ... [2] Cramp & Company, Building Construction, Denckla Bldg., Phila, Pa. Photo nos. 3695-96 has name of photographer "W.N. Jennings". Photo no. 3744 shows the rear of the completed building, with the building behind on 17th street for "Sale ... Wm. C. Benkert, 1421 Chestnut St." Photo no. 3887 has sign "Hotel" at top of building. Ending dates are estimated from other 38xx series photos.
- This building began life as the Methodist Episcopal Office Building, built by the earlier firm Ballinger & Perrot, 1913-1915. See photo of this 6-story original structure cataloged separately. This building is also known as the Wesley Building.
- Forms part of: Ballinger Company. Architectural photographs of the work of Ballinger & Perrot, and the successor Ballinger Company.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of the Ballinger Co.,
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