St. James Hotel
- Architect
- Horace Trumbauer
- City
- Philadelphia, PA
Built in 1901 as the St. James Hotel, with an addition added in 1904, this 12-story Center City building was designed by Horace Trumbauer, one of Gilded Age Philadelphia's leading architects. It was later converted to residential use and is known today as the Walnut Square Apartments. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
the architect
Horace Trumbauer was a major Philadelphia architect of the Gilded Age, designing hotels, apartment buildings, and mansions for the city's elite around the turn of the twentieth century.
significance
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976; the building survives today as the Walnut Square Apartments.
nearby
- Princeton Club
- Dr. Joseph Leidy House
- New Century Club
- Clarence B. Moore House
- Equitable Trust Building
- North American Building