{"nrhp_refnum":"08001088","name":"College of Physicians of Philadelphia Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"19 South 22nd Street","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.95315692300005,"lon":-75.17641230799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-10-06","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"2008-10-06","areas_of_significance":["Health/Medicine","Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick and limestone headquarters, library, lecture hall and museum building at 19 South 22nd Street, Philadelphia, housing the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the Mütter Museum. It was completed in 1909 as the College's second building.","why_significant":"The building houses the headquarters, library and museum of the oldest private medical society in the United States. Its elaborate classical and Jacobean-inspired architectural sculpture and well-preserved state are regarded as exceptional, and its layout expresses the professionalization of American medicine. It is also linked to S. Weir Mitchell and the firm of Cope & Stewardson.","narrative":"Completed in 1909, this two-story brick building with carved limestone trim on South 22nd Street in Philadelphia was designed by Cope & Stewardson and houses the library, lecture hall and Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Its main facade is arranged in five bays, with a Doric entrance carrying carved triglyphs bearing the College's name and the dates 1787 and 1909. The principal upper hall is lit by three overscaled windows with stone mullions and is framed by fluted Ionic pilasters. The interior follows a symmetrical Beaux-Arts plan around an octagonal rotunda and a marble stair. The College was founded in 1787 by Benjamin Rush and others as a membership society, and it is regarded as the oldest private medical society in the United States. Its library is a nationally important research collection, and its museum holds a nineteenth-century collection of specimens, models and instruments. S. Weir Mitchell, America's first neurologist, was closely involved in the building's construction.","period_of_significance":"1909-1914","architect_builder":"Stewardson, Emlyn L., architect (1863-1936) (Cope & Stewardson)","architectural_style":"Tudor Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.682874-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/08001088_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001088/8fd8975ced-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001088/8fd8975ced-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Collegeof Physicians of Philadelphia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:College_of_Physicians_of_Philadelphia_1909.jpeg\" rel=\"noopener\">Collegeof Physicians of Philadelphia</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:College_of_Physicians_of_Philadelphia_1909.jpeg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994343","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_of_Physicians_of_Philadelphia","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5146808"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/college-of-physicians-of-philadelphia-building-08001088/"}