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Also known as: Walnut Street Theater; Walnut Theatre; The Circus (1809-1811); Olympic Theatre (1811-1820)
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  • Glazer, Irvin R. Philadelphia Theatres, A-Z: A Comprehensive, Descriptive Record of 813 Theatres Constructed Since 1724. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986., p. 234-236
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    Client/Project Name: Walnut Street Theatre

     
  • Morrone, Francis. An Architectural Guidebook to Philadelphia. Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith, 1999., p. 49
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    Client/Project Name: Walnut Street Theater

    Architect Referenced: Haviland, John (1792-1852)

     
  • Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) Collection at the Library of Congress
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    Client/Project Name: Walnut Street Theater (HABS PA-1487)

     
  • Webster, Richard J., Philadelphia Preserved. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1976., p. 100-101
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    Client/Project Name: Walnut Street Theatre

     
  • Engelhardt, George Washington, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, The Book of Its Bourse & Co-operating Bodies, Philadelphia, Lippincott Press, 1898-99., p. 31
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    Client/Project Name: Old Walnut Street Theatre

     
  • Morrison, Craig. Theaters. New York: W. W. Norton, 2006.0-39373108-1, p. 39
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    Client/Project Name: Walnut Street Theatre

    Architect Referenced: Haviland, John (1792-1852)

     
  • Thomas, George E.Buildings of Pennsylvania Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, Society of Architectural Historians, University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, 2010, p. 76
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    Client/Project Name: Walnut Street Theatre

    Architects Referenced: Dickey, John M. (1911-1990); Hale, Willis Gaylord (1848 - 1907); Haviland, John (1792-1852)

     
  • The Official Office Building Directory and Architectural Handbook of Philadelphia, The Commercial Publishing and Directory Co., Philadelphia, 1899, p. 623
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    Client/Project Name: Walnut Street Theatre

     
  • National Register. (National Register Information System)
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    Client/Project Name: Walnut Street Theatre

     
  • Pennsylvania Cultural Resources Geographic Information System, a cooperative venture of the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
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    Client/Project Name: Walnut Street Theater

     
  • Teitelman, Edward, and Richard W. Longstreth. Architecture in Philadelphia: A Guide. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1974., p. 62
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    Client/Project Name: Walnut Street Theatre

     
  • Tatum, George B., Penn's Great Town. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1961., p. 170, plate 49
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    Client/Project Name: (untitled)

     
  • Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Cultural Resources Database
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    Client/Project Name: Walnut Street Theater

     
  • Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Cultural Resources Database
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    Client/Project Name: (untitled)

     
  • Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 18, n. 20, p. 309, 5/20/1903
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    Client/Project Name: Walnut St. Theater

    Architect Referenced: Hale, Willis Gaylord (1848 - 1907)

     
  • Marquee: The Journal of the Theatre Historical Society of America, Vol. 40, No. 4, 4th Quarter 2008, p. 4 (ill.)
     
  • Philadelphia Register of Historic Places (Imported)
     
  • National Register Information System database (imported May 8, 2001)
     
  • HABS/HAER/HALS list for Philadelphia and surrounding counties (imported November 8, 2001)
     

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