Pennsylvania Railroad Office Building is a historic
office
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building located in the
University City neighborhood of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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. It was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1927, and is a 14-story, brick and limestone building in the Neoclassical architecture, Classical Revival style. It consists of a four-story limestone and terra cotta base, topped by a 10-story E-shaped tower of buff-colored brick.
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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
The building is currently known as University Crossings
and provides student housing and office space for Drexel University.
Gallery
File:PA Railroad Office Building, Philadelphia 01.JPG, The view from Market St.
File:PA Railroad Office Building, Philadelphia 02.JPG, Towers
File:PA Railroad Office Building, Philadelphia 03.JPG, Central Tower
References
Pennsylvania Railroad
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia
Neoclassical architecture in Pennsylvania
Office buildings completed in 1927
University City, Philadelphia
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