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Architecture Sources - General

Public Architecture

Academy of Music
Historic American Building Survey
Centennial Exhibition of 1876
Clean, Green, Machine: Philadelphia's Fairmount Water Works, 1800-1860
Independence Hall Association
Independence Hall Virtual Tour
Philadelphia Athenaeum
Historic American Building Survey
Union League of Philadelphia
Historic American Building Survey

Religious Architecture

Church of the Holy Trinity
Protestant Episcopal, Historic American Building Survey
Dominican Mother House - The Louis I. Kahn Collection
unbuilt
St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church
Locust St. - Historic American Building Survey
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church
Historic American Building Survay
St. Stephan's Protestant Episcopal Church
Historic American Building Survey
West Arch Street Presbyterian Church
Historic American Building Survey

Landscape Architecture

Friends of the Wissahickon
preservation, restoration, Valley Green Inn, etc.
Philadelphia Armory
32nd St. and Lancaster Ave.

Residential Architecture

Bartram, John House and Garden
Historic American Building Survey
Belmont Mansion
Belmont Mansion
Historic Amercian Building Survey
Chamounix Mansion
Cliveden
Historic American Building Survey
Community Design Collaborative
Includes portfolio of projects
Comparative Study of Philadelphia Rowhouses
Deshler-Morris House
Historic American Building Survey
Ehle House - The Louis I. Kahn Collection
Unbuilt
Elfreth's Alley
Historic American Buildings Survey
Fisher House - Great Buildings
Johnson House
Germantown, Historic American Buildings Survey
Philadelphia Rowhouse Manual: A Practical Guide for Homeowners
Strawberry Mansion
Historic American Buildings Survey
Upsula
Historic American Buildings Survey
Vanna Venturi House
Woodford Mansion
Historic American Buildings Survey

Commercial

Industrial

Bromley and Sons
Historic American Building Survey
Dobson Mills
Historic American Building Survey
Germantown Dye Works
Historic American Building Survey
Hinckley Knitting Mills
Historic American Building Survey
Shur's Lane Mill
Historic American Building Survey
Stetson
Historic American Building Survey

Books

The Architecture of the Barnes Foundation by Tod Williams; Billie Tsien; Kenneth Frampton (Introduction by)
ISBN: 9780847838059
Publication Date: 2012-11-27
Philadelphia Theaters: A Pictorial Architectural History by Irvin R. Glazer
Call Number: 725.822 G553ph
Historic Landmarks of Philadelphia by Roger W. Moss
Call Number: 720.974811 M913h
Robert Mills: America's First Architect by John M. Bryan
Call Number: 720.92 M657b
Historic Sacred Places of Philadelphia by Roger W. Moss
Call Number: 726.50974811 M913h
Forgotten Philadelphia: Lost Architecture of the Quaker City by Thomas H. Keels
Call Number: 720.974811 K26f
Philadelphia Preserved: Catalog of the American Historic Buildings Survey by Richard J. Webster
Call Number: 720.974811 H673p
Philadelphia's Fairmount Park by James D. Ristine
Call Number: 974.811 R597p

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