Published References

• Glazer, Irvin R. Philadelphia Theatres, A-Z: A Comprehensive, Descriptive Record of 813 Theatres Constructed Since 1724. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986., p. 81
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  Client/Project Name: Chestnut Street Opera House
   
• Scharf, John Thomas & Thompson Westcott. History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884. Philadelphia: L. H. Everts & Co., 1884., v. 2, p. 980
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  Client/Project Name: Fox 's New American Theatre
   
• Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, WPA Guide to Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1988, p. 224
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  Client/Project Name: Chestnut Street Opera House
   
• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 6, n. 29, p. i, 7/22/1891
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  Client/Project Name: Chestnut Street Opera House
  Architect Referenced: Allen, John D. (fl. 1890-1923)
   
• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 24, n. 30, p. 473, 7/26/1899
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  Client/Project Name: Chestnut Street Opera House
  Architect Referenced: Duhring, Okie & Ziegler (fl. c. 1899 - 1918)
   
• Architectural League of New York. Exhibition Catalogue. New York: , p. 242, 1914
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  Client/Project Name: Chestnut Street Opera House
  Architect Referenced: Bissell, Sinkler & Tilden (fl. 1913-1916)
   
• AIA/T-Square Yearbook, p. 29, 30, 1914
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  Client/Project Name: Chestnut Street Opera House
  Architect Referenced: Bissell, Sinkler & Tilden (fl. 1913-1916)
   
• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 32, n. 36, p. 587, 9/5/1917
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  Client/Project Name: Unio, P. A.
  Architect Referenced: Bissell & Sinkler (fl. 1906- c.1936)
   

Drawings, Photos, Papers, etc.

• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Baxter's Panoramic Business Directories
  Holding Name: No. 27, February 1880, 1000 Block Chestnut St., North Side
  Quantity: 1, Call Number: BAX1880027
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Irvin R. Glazer Theater Collection
  Holding Name: Chestnut Street Opera House
  Quantity: 7 items, Call Number: 43-P-042
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Irvin R. Glazer Theater Collection
  Holding Name: Chestnut Street Opera House
  Quantity: 2, Call Number: 43-SL-044
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Ketcham Collection
  Holding Name: Chestnut Street Theatre
  Quantity: 11 items, Call Number: 058-AL-022, 058-AL-023, 058-AL-025
  Architects Referenced: Bissell & Sinkler (fl. 1906- c.1936); O. W. Ketcham Terra Cotta Works
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Ketcham Collection
  Holding Name: Chestnut Street Opera House
  Quantity: 1 item, Call Number: 058-AL-029
  Architect Referenced: O. W. Ketcham Terra Cotta Works
   
• Free Library of Philadelphia Map Collection - Hexamer General Surveys
  Holding Name: Fox, Robert / Fox's New American Theatre
  Quantity: 1 drawing, Call Number: HGSv11.0964 (Vol. 11, Plate 964)
   
• Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Jane Campbell Scrapbooks
  Holding Name: Chestnut Street Opera House; Fox's New American Theater; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
  Call Number: v.13, p.84-91, 163, 188-189
   
• Philadelphia Historical Commission - Philadelphia Historical Commission Files
  Holding Name: Chestnut Street--1000 Block
  Quantity: 1 folder (incl. 26 photographs)
   

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