Published Biographical References

• Maynard, W. Barksdale, Architecture in the United States, 1800-1850, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2002, p. 86
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• Illustrated Philadelphia: Its Wealth and Industries. American Publishing & Engraving Co., 1889., p. 152
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• Davis' Architects and Builders Directory of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: J. T. Davis co., limited, c18-- -19--, 1891
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• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 07, n. 25, p. 1, 6/22/1892
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• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 9, n. 17, p. 195, 4/25/1894
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• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 12, 1/20/1897
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• "Biographical Sketch of Mr. S. D. Button." American Architect and Building News 37 (1892): 37-38.
   
• Chapman, T. Ellwood. Philadelphia Wholesale Merchants and Artisans Business Directory. Philadelphia: 1853, cited in Willard S. Detweiler, Jr., Inc. Chestnut Hill, an Architectural History. Philadelphia: c1969, p. 52.
   
• Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects. London; New York: Macmillan, 1982, v.1, p. 360-361.
   
• Mason, George Champlin. "Professional Ancestry of the Philadelphia Chapter." Journal of the American Institute of Architects 1 (September 1913): 371-386.
   
• Obituary: American Architect and Building News 55 (February 1897): 42.
   
• Webster, Richard J. "Stephen D. Button: Italian Stylist." M.A. Thesis, University of Delaware, 1963.
   

Biographical Drawings, Photos, Papers, etc.

• CIGNA Corporate Archives, Philadelphia.
   
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
   

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