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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in PhiladelphiaMarket East, PhiladelphiaOffice buildings completed in 1897Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in PhiladelphiaSkyscraper office buildings in Philadelphia
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Witherspoon Building is a historic office building located in the Market East neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect Joseph M. Huston (1866–1940) and built between 1895 and 1897. It was built for the Presbyterian Board of Publications and Sabbath School Work. It is an 11-story, steel frame "E"-shaped building, faced with brick and granite. It has terra cotta decorative elements. Its exterior features Corinthian order and Ionic order columns, statues, medallions, seals of various boards and agencies of the Presbyterian Church and of related Reformed churches. It is named for John Witherspoon (1723–1794), a president of Princeton University.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

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Witherspoon Building
Walnut Street, Philadelphia Center City

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Walnut Street 1319-1323
19107 Philadelphia, Center City
Pennsylvania, United States
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