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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 36

An illustration from 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, leaf 36
very weak reflex of the VictorianGothic style then popular, but only for a brief period, in England. Thematerial, a green serpentine, had been recently discovered in the vicinityof Media, and in spite of its most unfortunate color and poor weatheringqualities became—in common with the style set by… … KENESETH ISRAELBroad Street and Columbia Avenue. Courtesy of Rei1. Joseph Krauskopf. several other institutions, quite a number of churches, schools, and evendwellings, remain as examples of this period. The University buildings of the new era began in 1893 with theMuseum, or the portion so far…

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