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Content: Griffins

Art Museum Roof Ornaments
1928 (year of building)
* griffins (museum logo), gazelles, plants
* Best seen on top of the South pediment.
* Around the roof. Art Museum. 25th and the Parkway.
* 39.965000,-75.181015 [map] [nearby]
* On the Art Museum Grounds tour
* Exhibits: Favorites
* See also:
+philamuseum.org




Rams and Griffins
1924
* small rams, griffins
* Entrance. East side of 19th, South of Spruce.
* 39.947700,-75.172760 [map] [nearby]
* On the Rittenhouse Square tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org entry 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
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Horace Trumbauer page