Philadelphia’s architecture, by William F. Gray ... written for the City history society of Philadelphia and read at the meeting of Wednesday, February 9th, 1910 (1915)
Gray, William F · Philadelphia, The Society · leaf 14
g was renewed. The StateHouse and newly erected Congress Hall afforded housing for the gov-ernment officials and Congress for a time, but the newly organizedUnited States Bank required a location, and indicative of the pride andstrength of the new nation the most ambitious design was projected. The… … GIRARD NATIONAL BANK Third Street below Chestnut The building was erected for the first Bank of the United States. Courtesy of the Bank. strong influence on the people of the new republic; and while they couldnot produce such things as the Madelaine or the Pantheon of Paris, orthe Royal Exchange or…
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