Equitable Trust Building

Equitable Trust Building
Location 1405 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°56′55″N 75°9′54″W / 39.94861°N 75.16500°W / 39.94861; -75.16500Coordinates: 39°56′55″N 75°9′54″W / 39.94861°N 75.16500°W / 39.94861; -75.16500
Area 0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built 1925
Architect Horace Trumbauer
Architectural style Late Gothic Revival
NRHP Reference # 86001405[1]
Added to NRHP July 3, 1986

The Equitable Trust Building or Broad and Locust Building is a 21-story skyscraper three blocks south of Philadelphia City Hall designed by Horace Trumbauer. Trumbauer designed the building in 1925 after completing a similarly styled residential building, the Chateau Crillon Apartment House on Rittenhouse Square for the owner of the Equitable Trust Company, Louis Cahan.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

See also

References

  1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. George E. Thomas, NRHP Nomination Form Equitable Trust Building


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