The Warwick

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The Warwick
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The Warwick in April 2010
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Location1701 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates 39°56′56″N75°10′12″W / 39.94889°N 75.17000°W / 39.94889; -75.17000
Area0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Built1925
ArchitectBaylinson & Hahn
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Eclectic
NRHP reference No. 78002460 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 10, 1978

The Warwick is a historic hotel located at 1701 Locust Street in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Originally constructed in 1925 [2] in an English Renaissance style, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, and on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places on February 8, 1995. [2]

The hotel hosted the 1944 NFL draft, 1960 NFL draft, and 1961 NFL draft. [3]

The building has been divided into condominiums and a hotel that operated as the Radisson Blu Warwick Hotel in the past, but is now an independent hotel, the Warwick Rittenhouse Square Philadelphia. [4]

A 1938 display advertisement for The Warwick The Hotel Warwick Philadelphia 1938 ad.jpg
A 1938 display advertisement for The Warwick

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 Lord, C. Craig (1978). "The Warwick" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  3. ↑ "NFL Draft Locations". www.footballgeography.com. October 2, 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Home". warwickrittenhouse.com.


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