{"nrhp_refnum":"84000268","name":"Globe Ticket Company Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"112 N. 12th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.95308867500006,"lon":-75.15742952599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-11-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Globe Ticket Company Building is an eight-story, seven-bay brick warehouse-type loft building at the northwest corner of 12th and Appletree Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in two sections, in 1899-1900 by Harry J. Peale, Jr. and in 1922 by the Ballinger Company.","why_significant":"The building is linked to Philadelphia's prominence in printing, particularly through the Globe Ticket Company, which the nomination describes as the country's largest ticket printer and as a pioneer of ticket printing. Its design is argued to reflect advanced twentieth-century industrial architecture, with steel framing, reinforced floor loads and a stylistically unified addition by the Ballinger Company.","narrative":"Built on the northwest corner of 12th and Appletree Streets in Philadelphia, this eight-story brick loft building was erected in two stages. Harry J. Peale, Jr. designed the original section in 1899, using steel framing with brick cladding, granite base and terra cotta detailing. In 1922 the Ballinger Company extended it by four bays, matching the earlier work in a simpler, streamlined manner. The building housed the Globe Ticket Company, which Walter Hering founded after starting his printing career in his father's house nearby. Globe became a leading producer of theatre and entertainment tickets, supplying reserve-seat tickets for theatres and later for other entertainment. The building's interior has open floors of about 20,000 square feet each, supported by Belgian block flooring to carry heavy printing presses. It is significant for its connection to Philadelphia's printing trade and for its engineered industrial design.","period_of_significance":"1899-1922","architect_builder":"Harry J. Peale, Jr. (architect, original section); Ballinger Company (architect, 1922 addition)","architectural_style":"Commercial mode; described in the significance statement as Classical style loft structure","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 17:11:33.527099-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/84000268.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"84003531","name":"East Center City Commercial Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/east-center-city-commercial-historic-district-84003531/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997108","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe_Ticket_Company_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5571012"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/globe-ticket-company-building-84000268/"}