Globe Ticket Company Building

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Globe Ticket Company Building
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Location112 N. 12th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°57′11″N75°9′28″W / 39.95306°N 75.15778°W / 39.95306; -75.15778
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1899
ArchitectPeale, Henry, Jr.; Ballinger Co.
Architectural styleCommercial
NRHP reference No. 84000268 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 01, 1984

The Globe Ticket Company Building was completed at 112 North 12th Street in Philadelphia in 1900 as a printing and warehouse facility for the Globe Ticket Company , which exclusively printed tickets. The building was liquidated and demolished in 1988 to make way for the convention center. [2]

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The Pennsylvania Convention Center now occupies the site and all nearby land. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and has not been delisted. [3]

The building was also known as the Hering building and featured an inscription to Constantine Hering, a homeopathic physician, in Latin. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Opening soon: a warehouse to sell off salvage". Philadelphia Inquirer. April 3, 1988.
  3. ↑ Elizabeth R. Mintz (July 1984). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Globe Ticket Company Building. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved January 4, 2026. (Downloading may be slow.)
  4. ↑ "Tickets and Medicine: Tribute on 12th Street". Philadelphia Inquirer. April 20, 1985.
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