{"nrhp_refnum":"80003610","name":"Drexel and Company Building","other_names":["Drexel Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"135--143 S. 15th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.94965345400004,"lon":-75.16561639599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-02-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Economics","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A six-story bank and office building at Fifteenth and Walnut Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known as the Drexel and Company Building. It was designed by Day and Klauder and constructed in 1925-1927 for the Drexel and Company banking firm.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is an important example of Renaissance Revival architecture adapted to twentieth-century office use, with a notable marble banking floor, a coffered ceiling, and ironwork by Samuel Yellin. It is also presented as a monument to the Drexel banking house and to financier E. T. Stotesbury, who directed the company in the early twentieth century.","narrative":"Built in 1925-1927 by the architects Day and Klauder of Philadelphia, this six-story bank and office building at Fifteenth and Walnut Streets is modeled on a Florentine Renaissance palazzo. Its facades are faced in light gray Cape Ann granite laid in large ashlar blocks with deeply cut joints, and its three-layer organization makes the building appear three stories tall despite its height. Round-headed windows, zodiac roundels above the first-floor windows, and a massive round-arched entrance with teak doors and wrought iron by Samuel Yellin mark the facade. Inside, the first-floor banking room has marble wainscoting and a paneled, coffered ceiling with gilded work. The building housed the Drexel and Company banking firm, which was allied with the Morgan house into the 1930s. It is regarded as a major example of the Renaissance Revival style in Philadelphia and as a memorial to financier E. T. Stotesbury, who led the firm in the early twentieth century.","period_of_significance":"1925-1927","architect_builder":"Day & Klauder, Architects (architects); Doyle & Co. (contractor)","architectural_style":"Renaissance Revival (Italian Renaissance palazzo)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Vacant for about two decades after the Drexel company's dissolution, according to the nomination","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.765872-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003610.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003610/283d5601ad-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003610/283d5601ad-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drexel_Building_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drexel_Building_Philly.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"84003529","name":"Broad Street Historic District (Additional Documentation)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/broad-street-historic-district-additional-documentation-84003529/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997146","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drexel_and_Company_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5307351"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/drexel-and-company-building-80003610/"}