Published References

• Teitelman, Edward, and Richard W. Longstreth. Architecture in Philadelphia: A Guide. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1974., p. 46
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  Client/Project Name: (untitled)
   
• Webster, Richard J., Philadelphia Preserved. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1976., p. 25
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  Client/Project Name: Stedman, Charles / Powell, Samuel, House
   
• Peterson, Charles E. Robert Smith: Architect, Builder, Patriot 1722-1777 Philadelphia: Athenaeum, 2000., p. 107-110
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  Client/Project Name: Stedman, Charles / Powell, Samuel, House
   
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) Collection at the Library of Congress
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  Client/Project Name: Samuel Powel House (HABS PA-1359)
   
• Thomas, George E.Buildings of Pennsylvania Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, Society of Architectural Historians, University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, 2010, p. 68
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  Client/Project Name: Powel, Samuel; Stedman, Charles / Powel House
  Architect Referenced: Smith, Robert (1722 - 1777)
   
• Moss, Roger W. Historic Houses of Philadelphia: A Tour of the Region's Museum Homes. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998., p. 34
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  Client/Project Name: Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks / Powell Mansion
   
• Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Cultural Resources Database
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  Client/Project Name: Powel, Samuel, House
   
• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 46, n. 50, p. 421, 12/16/1931
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  Client/Project Name: Philadelphia Society for Preservation of Landmarks / Powell Mansion
  Architect Referenced: Duhring, Herman Louis, Jr. (1874-1953)
   
• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 48, n. 3, p. 17, 1/18/1933
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  Client/Project Name: Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks / Powell Mansion
  Architect Referenced: Duhring, Herman Louis, Jr. (1874-1953)
   
• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 48, n. 17, p. 130, 4/26/1933
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  Client/Project Name: Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks / Powell Mansion
  Architect Referenced: Duhring, Herman Louis, Jr. (1874-1953)
   
• Philadelphia Register of Historic Places (Imported)
   
• Tatum, George B. Philadelphia Georgian : The City House of Samuel Powel and Some of its Eighteenth-Century Neighbors by George B. Tatum : with photos. of Philadelphia architecture by Cortlandt Van Dyke Hubbard. 1st ed. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 1976.
   
• Wainwright, Nicholas B. Colonial grandeur in Philadelphia; the house and furniture of General John Cadwalader Foreword by Henry Francis du Pont. Philadelphia, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1964.
   
• HABS/HAER/HALS list for Philadelphia and surrounding counties (imported November 8, 2001)
   
• National Trust for Historic Preservation. Final Report, Powel House, 1987
   

Drawings, Photos, Papers, etc.

• Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania - University of Pennsylvania -- Comparative Study of Philadelphia Rowhouses Collection
  Holding Name: Stedman, Charles / Powell, Samuel, House
  Quantity: 4 sheets, Call Number: 144
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - AIA Collection
  Holding Name: Powel House, 244 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
  Quantity: 42 Sheets, Call Number: AIA*027
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Karl Lutz Collection
  Holding Name: Powel House
  Quantity: 2 Items, Call Number: 76-P-129
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Moss-Historic Houses of Philadelphia-Research Notes
  Holding Name: Powell House
  Quantity: 1 Folder, Call Number: 138-F-039
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Olson Collection
  Holding Name: Powel House
  Quantity: 4 items, Call Number: 192A-N-113
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks Collection
  Holding Name: Restoration of the Powel House, 244 So. Third St., Philadelphia, Penna.
  Quantity: 4 photomechanical reproductions : blueprints ; 67 x 92 cm. overall or smaller, Call Number: DUH2059
  Architect Referenced: Duhring, Herman Louis, Jr. (1874-1953)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks Collection
  Holding Name: Alterations to the Powel House, 244 South 3rd Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
  Quantity: 2 photomechanical reproductions : blueline prints ; 76 x 107 cm., Call Number: FCP*001*001; FCP*001*002
  Architect Referenced: Francis, Cauffman, Wilkinson & Pepper (fl. 1955-1984)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks Collection
  Holding Name: Powel House- Misc Drawings
  Quantity: 5 Sheets, Call Number: PSPL*001
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks Collection
  Holding Name: Garden plan of Powel House, 244 South 3rd St., Philadelphia
  Quantity: 2 photomechanical reproductions : blueprints ; 42.5 x 76.5 overall or smaller, Call Number: WST*009
  Architect Referenced: Willing, Sims & Talbutt (fl. 1921 - 1953)
   
• Free Library of Philadelphia Art Department - Old Philadelphia Survey
  Holding Name: Powel House
  Quantity: 28 sheets, app., Call Number: OPS 14
   
• Historical Society of Pennsylvania - George B. Roberts Papers
  Holding Name: Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks / Powel House
  Quantity: 1 folder, Call Number: #2140, Box 7
   
• Independence National Historical Park Library and Archives - Architectural Plans and Drawings Collection
  Holding Name: Powell House
  Quantity: 27 sheets, Call Number: Drawer 22, f. 1
  Architects Referenced: Aldrich, Truman H.; Kenney, William A.; Kerr, Henry A.; Roberts, George Brooke (1900 - 1974); Ryan, Earl A.
   
• Library Company of Philadelphia Department of Prints and Photographs - Powel Family Houses
  Holding Name: Powel Mansion
  Quantity: 5 items, Call Number: P.8674.22, 24-25, 27-28
   

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