1797 – First National Bank, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Architect: Samuel Blodgett
The First Bank of the United States,
1833 – Merchant’s Exchange, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Architect: William Strickland
Designed by rising architect William Strickland.
1843 – New County Prison, Philadelphia
Architect:
“Prison de Comte a Philadelphie” (demolished in 1968) published in a volume of L’Univers,
1876 – Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia
The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876, the first official World’s Fair in the United States,
1889 – Branch Bank of America, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Architect: Charles W. Bolton
Bank branch at junction of Lehigh and Germantown Avenues.
1891 – Philadelphia Museum of Art
Architect: Hermann J. Schwarzmann
In March 1873, an act of the Pennsylvania State Legislature set in motion plans for the construction of Memorial Hall to be designed by Hermann J.
