Beaux-Arts architecture in Philadelphia
Discover 8 places in Philadelphia shaped by Beaux-Arts architecture, with photos, the architects behind them, and where to find each one.
Beaux-Arts is monumental classical architecture out of the teaching at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris: symmetrical, heavily sculpted, and the standard dress for civic buildings around 1900. More about beaux-arts
Beaux-Arts in Philadelphia
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Swann Memorial Fountain
1924 · Alexander Stirling Calder
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Divine Lorraine Hotel
1894 · Willis Hale
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Wanamaker Building
1911 · Daniel Burnham
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Free Library of Philadelphia
1927 · Horace Trumbauer
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Rodin Museum
1929 · Paul Philippe Cret
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30th Street Station
1933 · Graham, Anderson, Probst and White
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Philadelphia Museum of Art
1928 · Horace Trumbauer
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