Published References

• Burke, Bobbye et al. Historic Rittenhouse: A Philadelphia Neighborhood. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1985., p. 64
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  Client/Project Name: Rittenhouse Plaza Apartments
   
• Teitelman, Edward, and Richard W. Longstreth. Architecture in Philadelphia: A Guide. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1974., p. 100
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  Client/Project Name: Rittenhouse Plaza Apartments
   
• Thomas, George E.Buildings of Pennsylvania Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, Society of Architectural Historians, University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, 2010, p. 101
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  Client/Project Name: 19th Street Corporation / Rittenhouse Plaza Apartments
  Architect Referenced: McLanahan & Bencker (fl. 1919-1925)
   
• Census of Stained Glass Windows in America, Building Information Record
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  Client/Project Name: Rittenhouse Plaza, Suite 19A
   
• Census of Stained Glass Windows in America - Window Information Record
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  Client/Project Name: Rittenhouse Plaza, Suite 19A - Window 0
   
• Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Cultural Resources Database
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  Client/Project Name: (untitled)
   
• Andrews, Jack. Samuel Yellin: Metalworker. Ocean City, Maryland: SkipJack Press, 1992., p. Index 6
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  Client/Project Name: 19th & Walnut St. Corporation (job #2439)
  Architect Referenced: Yellin, Samuel (1885 - 1940)
   
• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 34, n. 36, p. 533, 9/3/1919
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  Client/Project Name: Rittenhouse Plaza Company / Rittenhouse Plaza Apartments
  Architect Referenced: Price & McLanahan (fl. 1903-1920)
   
• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 39, n. 19, p. 291, 5/7/1924
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  Client/Project Name: C/O W.M. Anderson
  Architect Referenced: McLanahan & Bencker (fl. 1919-1925)
   
• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 39, n. 27, p. 422, 7/2/1924
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  Client/Project Name: The 19th & Walnut Streets Corp.
  Architect Referenced: McLanahan & Bencker (fl. 1919-1925)
   
• AIA/T-Square Yearbook, p. 181, 1925
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  Client/Project Name: (untitled)
  Architect Referenced: McLanahan & Bencker (fl. 1919-1925)
   
• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 46, n. 7, p. 71, 2/18/1931
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  Client/Project Name: Anderson, William M.
  Architect Referenced: Bencker, Ralph Bowden (1883 - 1961)
   
• Philadelphia Register of Historic Places (Imported)
   

Drawings, Photos, Papers, etc.

• Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania - Samuel Yellin Collection
  Holding Name: 19th Street Corporation / Rittenhouse Plaza Apartment Building; main entrance gate and fence (job #2439)
  Quantity: 1 folder, Call Number: 049.2
  Architects Referenced: McLanahan & Bencker (fl. 1919-1925); Yellin, Samuel (1885 - 1940)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Karl Lutz Collection
  Holding Name: Rittenhouse Plaza
  Quantity: 6 Items, Call Number: 76-P-134
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Mertz Collection
  Holding Name: Arrangement of Furnishings
  Quantity: 1 sheet, Call Number: MTZ*258
  Architect Referenced: Mertz, Oscar Ernest, Sr. (1883 - 1967)
   
• Temple University Special Collections Research Center - Nathan Cronheim Papers
  Holding Name: Vogel Apartment, Rittenhouse Plaza
  Call Number: drawing #44b
  Architect Referenced: Cronheim & Weger (fl. 1946-1966)
   

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