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United States historic place
1616 Walnut Street Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Philadelphia Register of Historic Places
The 1616 Walnut Street Building in Center City Philadelphia
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Location1616 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°56′59″N 75°10′7″W / 39.94972°N 75.16861°W / 39.94972; -75.16861
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1929 (1929)
ArchitectTilden, Register & Pepper; Wark & Co.
NRHP reference No.83004247
Added to NRHPOctober 17, 1983

The 1616 Walnut Street Building or 1616 Building is a historic apartment community building in the Center City area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A twenty-four-story building, it stands ninety-four meters tall.

Listed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places on January 7, 1982, it was then also listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

History and features

Entrance, 1616 Building

In 1930, the architects received an award for the building's design at the 12th International Buildings Congress in Budapest.

Its five-story parking garage on the Chancellor Street side, part of the original construction, was considered a novelty in 1929.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places on January 7, 1982.

Residential conversion

In 2013, 1616 Walnut Street was renamed "Icon" as it underwent an extensive renovation, transforming it from commercial space to an apartment building.

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "PRHP: List of properties with OPA-compliant addresses" (PDF). Philadelphia Historical Commission. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  3. Icon 1616 Apartments
  4. Badger, Emily; Buchanan, Larry (March 11, 2023). "Here's How to Solve a 25-Story Rubik's Cube". The New York Times. Retrieved March 17, 2023.

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US National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
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