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Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Building

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Built
  
1929

Opened
  
1929

Architectural style
  
Art Deco

NRHP Reference #
  
99001291

Area
  
8,000 m²

Added to NRHP
  
28 October 1999

Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Building

Location
  
3118-3198 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Building is a historic freight station, warehouse and showroom building located in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1929, and is a six-story, flat roofed building in the Art Deco style. The first floor is clad in limestone and the upper stories are of buff colored brick. Each floor contains approximately 88,000 square feet. The building has been converted to residential use.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

References

Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Building Wikipedia