Social Service Building

United States historic place


Social Service Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Social Service Building, April 2014
39°56′45″N 75°9′48″W / 39.94583°N 75.16333°W / 39.94583; -75.16333
Area	less than an acre
Built	1923–1924
Architect	Horace Trumbauer
Architectural style	Federal Revival
NRHP reference No.	02000063^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 20, 2002

Social Service Building is a historic office building located in the Washington Square West neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by noted Philadelphia architect Horace Trumbauer (1868-1938) and built in 1923–1924. It is a 10-story, steel frame brick clad building with limestone and terra cotta ornament in a Federal Revival style. The main entrance features an oversized door with fanlight, framed by Ionic order columns.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes George E. Thomas and Dominic Vitiello (August 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Social Service Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16.