Automatic fire alarm system for occupied areas, Philadelphia Evangelistic Center, 858 N. Broad St., Phila., Pa. 19130 [graphic] / Van B. Bruner, Jr., AIA, architect.

Format:

Image

Author/Creator:

Bruner, Van B.

Contributor:

Spencer, Walter W.

McElfatrick, William H.

Walter W. Spencer & Associates.

Visual Materials Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Theaters--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

858 N. Broad St. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Philadelphia Evangelistic Center (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Local Subjects:

858 N. Broad St. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Philadelphia Evangelistic Center (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Physical Description:

3 photomechanical reproductions : blueline prints ; 61 x 91 cm.

Contained In:

Irvin R. Glazer theater collection. Graphics series.

Place of Publication:

May 8, 1975.

Notes:

Job no. 7511, drawing nos. A1-A3.

Has seals & signatures: [1] Walter W. Spenser, registered professional engineer, No. 10936-E, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania [2] Van B. Bruner, Jr., registered architect, Pennsylvania, No. Ex 4819.

Drawing have: Walter W. Spencer & Assoc., consulting engineers, 655 Creek Rd., Suite 7, Bellmar, N.J. 08030.

Glazer, Philadelphia theatres, A-Z, gives an overview of the development of the Metropolitan Opera House to its use as a church by the Philadelphia Evangelistic Center, depicted in the drawings here. The building, located at Broad, Poplar & Carlisle Sts., was originally by architect William H. McElfatrick, and opened as the Philadelphia Opera House on Nov. 17, 1908.

Forms part of: Irvin R. Glazer theaters collection. Graphics series.

Cited in:

Glazer, p. 167.