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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Joseph M Huston Architect
1895/00/00
1895/00/00 Thomas Eakins Artist Sam Murray and Tom Eakins use Walt Whitman's death mask as a model when carving "Moses", one of ten biblical prophets commissioned for the Witherspoon building in Philadelphia. Walt Whitman Death Mask (sculpture) Death of Walt Whitman
1897/00/00

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Particulars for Witherspoon Building:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Art
Sight Category Building
Criteria Historic Event
Historic Use Organizational
Owner Private
Area of Significance Religion
Historic Use Religious Property
Architectural Style Skyscraper



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 78002462
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Huston,Joseph; et al.
Architectural Style: Skyscraper
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Art, Architecture, Religion
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Religious property
Period of Significance: 1950-1974, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1895, 1897, 1973
Historic Function: Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Organizational
Current Function: Commerce, Trade
Current Sub-Function: Business

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