We're going to take a run at one of the Baldwin Locomotive Works buildings. It is somewhat similar to the WH-03 Patterson Silk Mill project that we have developed at a number of different heights, lengths and configurations (shadowboxes and buildings).
This is the particular building of the complex that we are going to model. The pilaster and cornice details will set it apart from the Paterson Silk Mill. The lites of the upper sash appear to follow the curvature of the header versus going straight across.
NOTE: photo deleted due to copyright.
The location is Spring Garden Street and 16th Street. The old Philadelphia Mint is in the foreground. We are looking for additional information about the building:
1. What activity was done inside this particular building?
2. Did the building have a know address and name?
3. Is there a color or colorized picture of it?
4. Is there a non-grainy close-up street side picture that shows the detail of the first floor window or freight door combination, and the window header details?
5. Are there original design drawing for it? We assume that as-built/documentation drawings were not made before it was torn down because the architectural preservation movement did not exist on the late 1940's.
Here is a 6-story version of the WH-03 Paterson Silk Mill project constructed as a 3-window column deep building:
Thank you in advance for your insight!
