SPONSORED BY NORTH AMERICAN WINDOW & DOOR and KOLBE WINDOWS AND DOORS
Group meets at 10:30 AM | Lunch at Dandelion Pub at 2 PM
Meeting location: The Union League of Philadelphia
The neighborhoods surrounding Rittenhouse Square provide some of the most intriguing and diverse forms of domestic and institutional architecture in Philadelphia’s Center City. The city’s booming economy after the Civil War fostered expanding upper middle and upper classes who wanted to live around the historic square in houses designed by some of the city’s leading architects of the day such as: Frank Furness, Theophilus Parsons Chandler, Charles Barton Keen, Wilson Eyre and many others.
This tour of the neighborhood’s late 19th and early 20th century architectural legacy, with a focus on notable historic windows and doors, will provide a visual and historical introduction to the still vibrant urban neighborhood.
The tour will meet at The Union League of Philadelphia, where coffee and light refreshments will be provided. The group will then embark on a three-hour walking tour, and dine at Dandelion Pub for lunch (included in the registration fee).
AIA LU continuing education credits are available for this tour.
Jim Mundy is the Director of Education and Programming of the Abraham Lincoln Foundation of the Union League of Philadelphia. He is an alumnus of The Attingham Summer School for the Study of British Houses and Collections and the President of The Woodlands Cemetery Company and the Woodlands Trust for Historic Preservation. Jim has also given architecture tours for the Preservation Alliance.