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Land Title Building

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Built
  
1898

Added to NRHP
  
December 15, 1978

Floors
  
15

Area
  
800 m²

NRHP Reference #
  
78002450

Height
  
105 m

Opened
  
1898

Phone
  
+1 215-563-5305

Land Title Building

Location
  
1400 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Address
  
100 S Broad St #1300, Philadelphia, PA 19110, USA

Architects
  
Horace Trumbauer, Daniel Burnham, Frederick P. Dinkelberg

Architectural styles
  
Chicago school, Neoclassical architecture

Similar
  
North American Building, The St James, Ben Franklin House, One South Broad, Loews Philadelphia Hotel

The Land Title Building and Annex is a historic early skyscraper located at 1400 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

It was built for the oldest title insurance company in the world, the Land Title Bank and Trust Company. The two-building complex, joined at the first floor, was built in two phases. The earlier, northern one of the building's two towers, erected in 1898 of 15 stories, was designed by Chicago-based architect Daniel Burnham, who was an early pioneer in the development of tall buildings. The southern, 22-story, 331-ft tower, added in 1902, was also designed by Burnham in collaboration with Philadelphia architect Horace Trumbauer; it was built on the site of the former Lafayette Hotel.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

References

Land Title Building Wikipedia


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