The Packard Motor Car Company Building, also known as the Press Building, is a historic

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building located at 317–321 N. Broad Street between Pearl and Wood Streets in the Callowhill neighborhood of

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. The structure was built in 1910–11 and was designed by Albert Kahn of the noted Detroit architectural firm of Kahn & Wilby. It is a nine-story, steel framed, reinforced

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building – one of the first uses of that material in a commercial building. Clad in

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and featuring an ornamented canopy and a prominent overhanging roof, the building housed a showroom and new car inventory space for the

Packard Motor Car Company Packard or Packard Motor Car Company was an American luxury automobile company located in Detroit, Michigan. The first Packard automobiles were produced in 1899, and the last Packards were built in South Bend, Indiana in 1958. One of the "Thr ...

. ''Note:'' This includes , p.97 The showroom was remodeled in 1927 by Philip Tyre., p.136 In November 1928, the building became the headquarters of the ''

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'' newspaper, which it remained until the ''Record'' folded in a 1947 strike. The building was added to the

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in 1980. It is a

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to the Callowhill Industrial Historic District. The building was renovated into apartments in 1986 by Bower Lewis Thrower and John Milner Associates.

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The Packard Motor Car Building , Apartments in Center City Philadelphia
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia Office buildings completed in 1911 Historic district contributing properties in Pennsylvania Packard Auto dealerships on the National Register of Historic Places Callowhill, Philadelphia Motor vehicle buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places Transportation buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania 1911 establishments in Pennsylvania {{PhiladelphiaPA-NRHP-stub

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