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Artist: Grant Miles Simon (Architect)
Congregation Rodeph Shalom Entrance
Edward Paul Simon (Architect),
Grant Miles Simon (Architect),
1927
* scroll and tablet,
large cats,
angel wings,
tree,
sun,
other symbols
* inscription:
My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples
* Entrance.
Congregation Rodeph Shalom.
East side of Broad Street at Green.
* 39.963825,-75.160900 [map] [nearby]
* On the Fairmount tour
* Exhibits: Religious,
Mosaic
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Edward Paul Simon page
+rodephshalom.org
Fidelity Bank Building
Richard William Morton Keast (Architect),
Edward Paul Simon (Architect),
Grant Miles Simon (Architect),
1928
* reclining people,
heads,
standing people,
headgear,
hammer, artists tools,
quill and scroll,
dragons,
ship,
weapons,
lion,
tree,
donkey,
sun,
sundial
* Keast is listed in two places as the actual designer of the building, but Simon and Simon are officially credited.
* inscription:
Libertas Americana, 4 Juil 1776
Non sine diis animosusinians 17 Oct. 1777 - 19 Oct. 1781
Fugio. 1787, Mind your business
Value me as you please
Masathusets
* Whole building.
East side of Broad between Sansom and Walnut.
* 39.949675,-75.163925 [map] [nearby]
* On the Avenue of the Arts tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Richard William Morton Keast page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Edward Paul Simon page
