Published References

• Wild, J. C. Panorama and Views of Philadelphia and its Vicinity.... (Philadelphia: J.B. Chevalier, 1838). , p. Panorama 3
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  Client/Project Name: Congress Hall
   
• Thomas, George E.Buildings of Pennsylvania Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, Society of Architectural Historians, University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, 2010, p. 58
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  Client/Project Name: Congress Hall
  Architect Referenced: Williams, William (1749? - 1794)
   
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) Collection at the Library of Congress
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  Client/Project Name: Congress Hall (HABS PA-1431)
   
• Webster, Richard J., Philadelphia Preserved. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1976., p. 78-79
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  Client/Project Name: Congress Hall
   
• Stewardson & Page Commission Cards; Collection #109 at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia
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  Client/Project Name: Congress Hall
  Architect Referenced: Stewardson & Page (fl. 1912-1936)
   
• W. Birch & Son. The city of Philadelphia : in the state of Pennsylvania, North America; as it appeared in the year 1800, consisting of twenty eight plates / drawn and engraved by W. Birch & Son. (Springland Cot, near Neshaminy Bridge on the Bristol road, Pa. : W. Birch, 1800). , p. Plate 20
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  Client/Project Name: Congress Hall and New Theatre in Chestnut St.
   
• Rae, Julio H. Rae's Philadelphia Pictorial Directory & Panoramic Advertiser. Philadelphia: Julio H. Rae, 1851., p. Plate 8, South Side
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  Client/Project Name: Plate 8, South Side
   
• Tatum, George B., Penn's Great Town. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1961., p. 160, plate 22
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  Client/Project Name: (untitled)
   
• Bowen, Daniel. A History of Philadelphia: With a Notice of Villages in the Vicinity. Philadelphia: Daniel Bowen, 1839., p. 74
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  Client/Project Name: County Courthouse
   
• AIA/T-Square Yearbook, p. 102 - 110, 114 - 118, 120, 122, 123, 191, 1914
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  Client/Project Name: Congress Hall
   
• Philadelphia Register of Historic Places (Imported)
   
• HABS/HAER/HALS list for Philadelphia and surrounding counties (imported November 8, 2001)
   

Drawings, Photos, Papers, etc.

• Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania - Frank Miles Day Collection
  Holding Name: City of Philadelphia / Congress Hall, restoration
  Quantity: 22 items, Call Number: 059.15
  Architect Referenced: Day, Frank Miles (1861 - 1918)
   
• Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania - Frank Miles Day Collection
  Holding Name: City of Philadelphia / Congress Hall, restoration
  Quantity: 23items, Call Number: 059.4-059.5; 059.93-059.96; 059.296.2; 059.296.26; 059.296.131; 059.296.318
  Architect Referenced: Day, Frank Miles (1861 - 1918)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - AIA Collection
  Holding Name: Proposed restoration of ... Congress Hall, Philadelphia
  Quantity: 2 drawings : ink on linen ; 46.5 x 71.5 cm. ; 1 drawing : pencil on paper ; 41 x 50.5 cm., Call Number: AIA*001*001; AIA*001*002; AIA*001*003
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - AIA Collection
  Holding Name: Restoration of Congress Hall, Independence Square, Philadelphia
  Quantity: 34 drawings : pencil on paper ; 226.5 x 121.5 cm. or smaller ; 12 drawings : ink on linen ; 74 x 104.5 cm. overall or smaller ; 10 photomechanical reproductions : mixed media ; 76 x 122 cm. overall or smaller, Call Number: AIA*002*001 - AIA*002*056
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - AIA Collection
  Holding Name: Restoration of Congress Hall, 6th & Chestnut Sts., Phila., Pa.
  Quantity: 5 drawings : ink on linen ; 68 x 102 cm. or smaller. ; 1 drawing : ink on paper ; 68 x 71.5 cm. ; 1 photomechanical reproduction : stat ; 34.5 x 50.5 cm., Call Number: AIA586*001; AIA586*002; AIA586*003; AIA586*004; AIA586*005; AIA586*006; AIA586*007
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - AIA Collection
  Holding Name: Plans and details of Congress Hall, Philadelphia, southeast corner, Sixth and Chestnut Streets
  Quantity: 1 drawing ; ink on paper, on linen ; 66 x 100.5 cm., Call Number: MSN*001*001. AIA
  Architect Referenced: Mason, George Champlin, Jr. (1849 - 1924)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - AIA Collection
  Holding Name: Improvement of Independence Hall group of buildings, General construction of boiler room and connecting tunnels
  Quantity: 10 photomechanical reproductions : blueprints ; 75.5 x 140 cm. overall or smaller, Call Number: SIN424*001. AIA; SIN424*002. AIA; SIN424*003. AIA; SIN424*004. AIA; SIN424*005. AIA; SIN424*006. AIA; SIN424*007. AIA; SIN424*008. AIA; SIN424*009. AIA; SIN424*010. AIA
  Architect Referenced: Sinkler, John Penn Brock (1875-1959)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Moss- Historic Landmarks of Philadelphia Research Notes
  Holding Name: Congress Hall
  Quantity: 1 Folder, Call Number: 208-F-012
  Architect Referenced: Williams, William (1749? - 1794)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - NPS Collection
  Holding Name: Congress Hall
  Quantity: 1, Call Number: 86-LS-029
   
• Free Library of Philadelphia Art Department - American Institute of Architects, Philadelphia Chapter
  Holding Name: Congress Hall
  Quantity: 13 sheets, Call Number: A720.9748 Am3 vol. 5
  Architect Referenced: Yardley, Ernest Howard (1880 - 1957)
   
• Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Jane Campbell Scrapbooks
  Holding Name: Ricketts Circus; Public Ledger Building; Protestant Episcopal Academy; Congress Hall; State House
  Call Number: v.12, p.6-18, 21, 153
   
• Independence National Historical Park Library and Archives - Architectural Plans and Drawings Collection
  Holding Name: Congress Hall
  Quantity: 3 drawers, various folders, 3 boxes (part), Call Number: Drawers 9, 26, 62: see inventory index
   
• Independence National Historical Park Library and Archives - Independence National Historical Park Archives, Office of the Architect Records
  Holding Name: Independence Square Complex
  Quantity: 157 sheets, Call Number: Drawing #158-#249, #407-#472
   
• Independence National Historical Park Library and Archives - Maintenance Division Records
  Holding Name: Congress Hall
  Call Number: Box 4
   
• Philadelphia Contributionship Archives - Cancelled Fire Insurance Surveys
  Holding Name: City & County of Philadelphia
  Call Number: S04118
   
• Philadelphia Historical Commission - Philadelphia Historical Commission Files
  Holding Name: Chestnut Street, 600 Block
  Quantity: 1 folder (incl. 6 photo., 1 litho.)
   
• Philadelphia Historical Commission - Philadelphia Historical Commission Files
  Holding Name: 540 Chestnut Street, Congress hall (yellow tab)
  Quantity: 1 folder
   
• Philadelphia Historical Commission - Philadelphia Historical Commission Files
  Holding Name: Chestnut Street - 500 Block
  Quantity: 2 folders
   
• Philadelphia Historical Commission - Philadelphia Historical Commission Files
  Holding Name: 540 Chestnut Street, Congress Hall (pink tab)
  Quantity: 1 folder
   
• Philadelphia Historical Commission - Philadelphia Historical Commission Files
  Holding Name: 540 Chestnut Street, Congress Hall
  Quantity: 1 folder (incl. 2 photographs)
   

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