[Design for a dwelling house for Matthew Newkirk, Esq.] 1st and 2nd Floor Plans, Perspective Rendering (T. U. Walter, Architect, 1/1/1835) Thomas Ustick Walter Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: WTU*010*001 > View more images [7 total]

Overview

• Project Status: Built - Demolished
• Building Type: clubhouse, dwelling, hall, theater
• Client: Newkirk, Matthew

Location

1300 ARCH ST Browse this block
SW corner of N 13TH ST and ARCH ST
Philadelphia, PA

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Liverwright & Greenwald

Comments

Seating capacity: 542

According to research conducted by Munkittrick Associates, the interior painting consisted of "a parlor ceiling depicting the story of Cornelia, the mother of the Gracchi boys, proudly displaying them as her treasures . . . "

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