North American Building

Architect: James H. Windrim
Year: 1900
Style: Art Nouveau
City: Philadelphia, PA

The North American Building is a 21-story, 266-foot high-rise at 121 South Broad Street, designed in 1900 by James H. Windrim as headquarters for the newspaper The North American. It was commissioned by Thomas B. Wanamaker, the paper's publisher and son of department store founder John Wanamaker.

the style

Built in the Art Nouveau style, an unusual choice for a Philadelphia office tower of its era.

the architect

nearby

Land Title Building 230 ft · Neoclassical · 1898
One South Broad 400 ft · Art Deco · 1932
Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia 420 ft
Wanamaker’s 0.1 mi
The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel 0.1 mi · Renaissance Revival · 1904
St. James Hotel 0.1 mi

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