Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net
Year: 1930
Board of Education Building
Irwin T. Catharine (Architect),
Jules Melidon,
1930
* Busts of Alexander Graham Bell,
Benjamin Franklin,
Robert Fulton,
Stephen Girard,
Thomas Jefferson,
Abraham Lincoln,
John Marshall,
William Penn,
William Shakespeare,
Thaddeus Stevens
and
Daniel Webster
* groups of people,
people standing,
people sitting and kneeling,
winged people,
heads,
books, tablets, scrolls, writing implements,
linked BE logo,
eagles,
scarf,
staff,
buildings,
tools,
urns, jugs,
ship,
hourglass,
lamp, light fixtures,
plants,
sun,
globes
* There is artwork on the Winter and 21st street sides and in the courtyard on Winter. More busts, not pictured and not easily visible, are on the East and West sides of the building. The School District no longer occupies the building.
* Building.
Southwest Corner, 21st and Winter.
* 39.958900,-75.174150 [map] [nearby]
* On the JFK North tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+wikipedia.org's page for the building
+wikipedia.org Irwin T. Catharine page
+wikipedia.org's Alexander Graham Bell page
+ushistory.org's The Electric Ben Franklin
+wikipedia.org's Robert Fulton page
+ushistory.org's Stephen Girard page
+wikipedia.org's Thomas Jefferson page
+wikipedia.org's Abraham Lincoln page
+wikipedia.org's John Marshall page
+wikipedia.org's William Penn page
+wikipedia.org's William Shakespeare page
+wikipedia.org's Thaddeus Stevens page
+wikipedia.org's Daniel Webster page
Interfaith House Gargoyles
1930 (building date)
* small
crouching people
wearing hats,
dragon
* Third picture Copyright 2018 Marianne Porter
* In niches high on the front wall.
South side of Chelten Ave., West of Germantown Ave..
* 40.035350,-75.175100 [map] [nearby]
* On the Germantown Avenue tour
* Exhibits: Gargoyles
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's entry for the building
Overseas Motor Works
Samuel Brian Baylinson (Architect),
1930
* globes,
human faces,
ram heads,
plants
* Building.
Northwest corner, 15th and Fairmount.
* 39.967215,-75.162190 [map] [nearby]
* On the Fairmount tour
* See also:
+hiddencityphila.org article about the historical commission vote
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Samuel Brian Baylinson page
Philadelphia School of Occupational Therapy Reliefs
1930 (philadelphiabuildings,org says 1935)
* small
people
sitting and kneeling,
tools
* There are 4 identical reliefs, two on each side of the main entrance. The one closest to the corner is pictured.
* Wall.
Northeast corner, 19th and Lombard.
* 39.945735,-75.173175 [map] [nearby]
* On the Fitler Square tour
* Exhibits: Medical,
Labor
Suburban Station Clock
1930
* clock,
sign
* Best observed from the East side of 16th
* 16th Street entrance.
Suburban Station.
West side of 16th, North of JFK.
* 39.954150,-75.166750 [map] [nearby]
* On the JFK North tour
* Exhibits: Mass Transit
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Suburban Station page
