Built 1928 Added to NRHP September 18, 1978 Height 114 m Phone +1 844-557-0848 | NRHP Reference # 78002446 Designated PRHP October 6, 1977 Floors 32 | |
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Similar The Touraine, Merchants' Exchange Building, Park Towne Place, The St James, Irish Memorial | ||
The Drake Hotel, a historic 375-foot-tall, 33-story luxury hotel located at 1512-1514 Spruce Street at the corner of S. Hicks Street between S. 15th and S. 16th Street in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood of Philadelphia, was built in 1928-29 and was designed by the architectural firm of Ritter and Shay in the Art Deco style with Spanish Baroque terra cotta ornamentation on themes surrounding Sir Francis Drake, including "dolphins, shells, sailing vessels and globes." The building is topped by a terra cotta dome.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1978. It was added to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places on October 6, 1977. In 1998, the building was extensively renovated and converted to condominiums as "The Drake".