Smyth Young Field Company Building

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Location1218 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°57′14″N75°9′38″W / 39.95389°N 75.16056°W / 39.95389; -75.16056
Arealess than an acre
Built1902
ArchitectField & Medary
Architectural styleEarly Commercial
NRHP reference No. 92001720 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 24, 1992

Young Smyth Field Company Building is a historic light manufacturing loft building located in the Chinatown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1902, and is an 8-story, 5 bay wide building, with a limestone and glazed brick front facade. It also has terra cotta details. The building measures 73 feet wide and approximately 170 feet deep. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes Douglas C. McVarish and Glenn A. Ceponis (August 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Smyth Young Field Company Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16.