{"nrhp_refnum":"92001720","name":"Young, Smyth, Field Company Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1216--1220 Arch St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.953895713000065,"lon":-75.16024118399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-12-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An eight-story manufacturing and commercial loft building at 1216-1220 Arch Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, begun in 1901 and completed in 1902 at a cost of about $200,000. The general contractor was Lewis Haven's Sons.","why_significant":"The building is significant as a surviving example of the turn-of-the-century commercial loft type that once dominated the area north of Market Street, and as an uncommon, straightforward Classical Revival loft design. Its transitional structure combining timber, steel and reinforced concrete elements and its association with the architecture firm Field and Medary also add to its importance.","narrative":"Completed in 1902 at 1216-1220 Arch Street, this eight-story loft building combined ground-floor retail and office space with open upper floors for light manufacturing. Its north facade is divided into a two-story base, a five-story middle section of Pompeian brick piers and terra-cotta spandrels, and an eighth story clad in terra cotta carrying the firm's name. The building was designed by Field and Medary, a Philadelphia firm formed in 1895, and was an early industrial commission for them. Its structure blends heavy timber beams, plank floors and concrete-clad steel girders, linking older and newer construction methods. It is regarded as one of the few surviving loft buildings of its kind in the Reading Terminal area, and its restrained Classical Revival facade is unusual among the district's remaining lofts. Partitioning added during conversion to office use has altered the upper floors, but the building retains a high degree of integrity overall.","period_of_significance":"1902","architect_builder":"Field and Medary (architects); Lewis Haven's Sons (general contractor)","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["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 17:11:37.798535-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/92001720.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001720/36eaddd753-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001720/36eaddd753-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:121612220Arch.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:121612220Arch.JPG"},"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/71996950","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smyth_Young_Field_Company_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15278276"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/young-smyth-field-company-building-92001720/"}