Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net
Artist: Horace Trumbauer (Architect)
Widener Building
Horace Trumbauer (Architect),
1914
* horizontal
angels,
globes,
Philadelphia seal,
ship,
plow,
bundles of grain
* also on the North end of the building
* Entrance.
North side of Chestnut, West of Juniper.
* 39.950800,-75.162950 [map] [nearby]
* On the Gayborhood tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org entry for the building
Beneficial Savings Fund Society Building
Horace Trumbauer (Architect),
1916
* reliefs of Mercury
and
Venus
* small
kneeling people,
headgear,
mirror,
flaming
torch,
plants,
birds
* East wall and North entrance.
Thomas R. Kline Institute for Trial Advocacy.
Southwest corner, 12th and Chestnut.
* 39.950350,-75.160250 [map] [nearby]
* On the Jefferson Center City Campus tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org page for the building
+wikipedia.org's Mercury page
+wikipedia.org's Venus page
+drexel.edu's Kline Institute page
Public Ledger Building
Horace Trumbauer (Architect),
1924
* reclining people,
head scarf,
scepter,
burning
oil lamp,
quills, scrolls, books and tablets
* Entrances.
Southwest corner, 6th and Chestnut.
* 39.949200,-75.150850 [map] [nearby]
* On the Independence Mall tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuilding.org's page for the building
Curtis Building, Thomas Jefferson University
Horace Trumbauer (Architect),
1931
* standing people,
reclining people,
medical instruments,
headgear,
plants,
lions,
birds,
griffins,
various medical symbols
* Curtis Hall Entrance.
North side of Walnut between 10th and 11th.
* 39.948625,-75.157800 [map] [nearby]
* On the Jefferson Center City Campus tour
* Exhibits: Medical
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
Ericsson Fountain
Charles L. Borie, Jr. (Architect),
Horace Trumbauer (Architect),
Clarence Zantzinger (Architect),
1933
* In memory of John Ericsson
* fountain
* Date and artist attribution are from a 1939 WPA Guide Book
* inscription:
Dedicated to the memory of Captain John Ericsson, scientist, inventor, patriot. Born in Sweden July 31, 1803. Died in America, the country of his adoption, March 8, 1889.
* West end of Eakins Oval.
Parkway at 24th.
* 39.964610,-75.178700 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* Exhibits: Favorites
* See also:
+phillyhistory.org 1934 picture of this piece
+phillyhistory.org 1961 picture of this piece
+philadelphiabuildings.org Charles L. Borie, Jr. page
+wikipedia.org's Clarence Zantzinger page
+wikipedia.org's John Ericsson page
+wikipedia.org's Eakins Oval page
