The Franklin Residences (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

USA / New Jersey / Camden / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Chestnut Street, 834
 NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, interesting place, apartment building, 1923_construction, historic remains, Colonial Revival (architecture)

Former Benjamin Franklin Hotel designed by Horace Trumbauer. It has since been converted to an apartment complex, the function rooms are still in use. Hanging in the loggia is an original lamp from the Continental Hotel under which President Abraham Lincoln addressed a crowd on his way to Washington to give his inaugural speech in 1861.

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834 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 629-9900
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Coordinates:   39°56'57"N   75°9'18"W
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