{"nrhp_refnum":"08001269","name":"Amalgamated Center","other_names":["Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America Office Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2101-2143 S. St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.94522036800004,"lon":-75.17787363299993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-12-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A compound building at 2113-2127 South Street in downtown Philadelphia, made up of several joined sections built between 1900 and 1960, with a parking lot to the west. It houses a former Bethany Brotherhood clubhouse remodeled as a union hall for the Philadelphia Joint Board of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for social history as the place where the union conducted business and held educational and cultural activities for members. It also argues for architectural significance as a good local example of a Moderne style building designed by Magaziner & Eberhard in 1937, and it notes murals by Joseph Hirsch.","narrative":"A combined union hall and clubhouse on South Street in Philadelphia, its main block was remodeled in 1937 by the architectural firm Magaziner & Eberhard with a granite-and-brick Moderne façade. The building began as a three-story clubhouse built in 1900 for the Bethany Brotherhood, a men's organization founded by department store owner John Wanamaker. The Philadelphia Joint Board of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America bought it in 1934 and held its offices, meeting halls, and social and educational programs there. A handball court was added in 1935, and a ballroom and meeting halls were built in 1937, including Franklin D. Roosevelt Hall on the second floor. Joseph Hirsch painted murals in the basement in 1938. The building is significant for its union role and for its Moderne design, and its period of significance runs from 1934 to 1958.","period_of_significance":"1934-1958","architect_builder":"Magaziner & Eberhard (architects); Louis Magaziner","architectural_style":"Moderne","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 17:10:27.319709-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/08001269.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001269/bf1a1695ae-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001269/bf1a1695ae-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amalgamated.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amalgamated.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997544","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalgamated_Center","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4739344"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/amalgamated-center-08001269/"}