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Richmond, Virginia. An 1888 building that is asserted to be the finest example of Richardsonian Romanesque style architecture in Virginia, and, at its time of construction, to be "one of the 'most magnificent examples of modern architecture in the South.'" [ 140] 6. Mason's Hall (Richmond, Virginia) 1785-1787 built.
April 10, 2010. ( 2010-04-10) [3] Pennhurst State School and Hospital, originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania State Institution for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic was a state-run institution for mentally and physically disabled individuals of Southeastern Pennsylvania located in Spring City. [4]
February 4, 1985. Designated PHMC. December 5, 2007 [3] The Masonic Temple is a historic Masonic building in Philadelphia. Located at 1 North Broad Street, directly across from Philadelphia City Hall, it serves as the headquarters of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, Free and Accepted Masons. The Temple features the Masonic Library and Museum of ...
The emergency room entrance at Pennsylvania Hospital at 9th and Spruce streets. Pennsylvania Hospital is a private, non-profit, 515-bed teaching hospital located at 800 Spruce Street in Center City Philadelphia, The hospital was founded on May 11, 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Bond, and was the second established public hospital (first was Bellevue) but had the first surgical ...
The Cloisters, Letchworth is a Grade II* listed building. [55] The Hanging Chapel in Langport is a Grade I listed building [56] and a Scheduled Ancient Monument [57] that became a masonic hall in 1891. Old Orchard Street Theatre, Bath Theatre and church which became a masonic hall in 1865. Phoenix Lodge, Sunderland.
Unreinforced masonry building. An unreinforced masonry building (or UMB, URM building) is a type of building where load bearing walls, non-load bearing walls or other structures, such as chimneys, are made of brick, cinderblock, tiles, adobe or other masonry material that is not braced by reinforcing material, such as rebar in a concrete or ...
Masonry. Masonry is the craft of building a structure with brick, stone, or similar material, including mortar plastering which are often laid in, bound, and pasted together by mortar. The term masonry can also refer to the building units (stone, brick, etc.) themselves. The common materials of masonry construction are bricks and building stone ...
c. 1678–84. House. Oldest structure in Fairmount Park; possibly the oldest extant house in Philadelphia. Wall House. Elkins Park. 1682. House. Oldest house in Pennsylvania which has had continuous family residency; possibly the oldest stone house in Pennsylvania. Caleb Pusey House.