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The Fawcett Ventilated Fireproof Building Company Limited.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Trade Catalogues Fawcett Ventilated Fireproof Building Co. 1897
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fawcett Ventilated Fireproof Building Co.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fawcett Ventilated Fireproof Building Co--Catalogs.
- Fawcett Ventilated Fireproof Building Co.
- Fireproofing--Catalogs.
- Fireproofing.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Genre:
- Trade catalogs -- Fireproofing.
- Trade catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Fawcett Ventilated Fireproof Building Company, [1897?]
- Summary:
- The book is chiefly views of some buildings where the Fawcett system is installed, including Philadelphia buildings: Home for Aged and Infirm Colored People, The Lorraine Apartment House, American Baptist Publication Society, Bank of North America, Hale Building, Girard Building, Fidelity Storage Warehouse, Real Estate Title Insurance and Trust Co., the Morgue, various fire stations, Boys' High School, and Roman Catholic Protectory for Boys. It also includes testimonials from many architects, and lists of buildings where the system is installed,, with the architect's name.
- Notes:
- Architects whose work is illustrated are: John T. Windrim, Charles Balderston, Willis G. Hale, Hales & Ballinger, Chas. Bickel, Hazlehurst & Huckel, Bruce Price, Alston & Heckert, J.D. Austin, William Gibbons Preston, and Wilson Bros. & Co.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of Sandra and Hyman Myers.
- OCLC:
- 1341057905
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