Sun Oil Building

Style: Art Deco
City: Philadelphia, PA
Collection: philly deco

The Sun Oil Building is a 19-story Art Deco high-rise in Center City, standing 230 feet tall. Built in 1928, it served as headquarters for the Sun Oil Company until the company relocated in 1971. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 and on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places on February 2, 1984.

the style

Built in the Art Deco style of the late-1920s corporate skyscraper boom.

significance

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 and on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places on February 2, 1984.

nearby

St. Mark's Episcopal Church 200 ft · Gothic Revival · 1848
Racquet Club of Philadelphia 280 ft · Colonial Revival
Estey Hall 290 ft · Chicago School
Academy of Music 0.2 mi · Renaissance Revival · 1857
Church of The Epiphany 0.2 mi · Greek Revival · 1834
Liberty Place 0.2 mi · Postmodernism · 1990

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