Drexel and Company Building
- Also Known As: Drexel Building
- Address: 135 - 143 S 15th St
- Urban District of Rittenhouse in Philadelphia, PA
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1925/00/00 | Day and Klauder | Architect | Modeled after a Florentine Renaissance Palazzo, Doyle and Co begin construction on the luxurious Drexel Building. | |||
| 1925/00/00 | Doyle and Co, Philadelphia | Contractor | Modeled after a Florentine Renaissance Palazzo, Doyle and Co begin construction on the luxurious Drexel Building. | |||
| 1927/00/00 | Drexel and Company | Horatio Gates Lloyd makes partner at Drexel and Company. | ||||
| 1927/00/00 | Horatio Gates Lloyd | Work | Horatio Gates Lloyd makes partner at Drexel and Company. | |||
| 1927/00/00 | William C Sharpless | Work | Drexel and Company Building is completed with tiling by Sharpless and Watt and iron work from Samual Yellin. It remains a memorial to E T Stotesbury who was know for his luxurious living and working environs. | |||
| 1927/00/00 | Samuel Yellin | Work | Drexel and Company Building is completed with tiling by Sharpless and Watt and iron work from Samual Yellin. It remains a memorial to E T Stotesbury who was know for his luxurious living and working environs. | |||
| 1927/00/00 | Edward T Stotesbury | Office | Drexel and Company Building is completed with tiling by Sharpless and Watt and iron work from Samual Yellin. It remains a memorial to E T Stotesbury who was know for his luxurious living and working environs. | |||
| 1927/00/00 | Drexel and Company | Headquarters | Drexel and Company Building is completed with tiling by Sharpless and Watt and iron work from Samual Yellin. It remains a memorial to E T Stotesbury who was know for his luxurious living and working environs. | |||
| 1927/00/00 | Oak Trees killed at the Battle of the Argonne Forest, with bullet scars still visible, are seasoned in place, sold by the French and installed as paneling on the upper floors of the Drexel and Company Building. | Meuse-Argonne Offensive | ||||
| 1935/00/00 | Drexel and Company | Dissolved | Drexel and Co dissolves sometime in the 1930s. |
| Particulars for Drexel and Company Building: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Area of Significance | Commerce |
| Area of Significance | Economics |
| Historic Use | Financial Institution |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Architectural Style | Late 19th and 20th century revivals |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Owner | Private |
| Other Description | Renaissance Palazzo |
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