The Inquirer Building (Elverson Building) | |
 The Inquirer Building in 2006 | |
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| Location | 400 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 39°57′36″N 75°09′44″W / 39.959993°N 75.16233139°W |
| Area | 7.5 acres (3.0 ha) |
| Built | 1923-24 |
| Architect | Rankin, Kellogg & Crane Roydhouse, Arey, Co. |
| Architectural style | Beaux-Arts[2] |
| NRHP reference No. | 96000716[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 15, 1996 |
The Inquirer Building, formerly called the Elverson Building, is an eighteen-story building at the intersection of North Broad and Callowhill Streets in the Logan Square neighborhood of Center City Philadelphia, completed in 1924 as the new home for The Philadelphia Inquirer, a daily newspaper in the city, that was joined by the Philadelphia Daily News in 1957.[3]
The building's original name refers to James Elverson, the publisher of the Inquirer from 1889 until his death in 1911. His son, James Elverson Jr., took over as publisher, and had the building constructed and dedicated to his father.[4][5]
The building is the new headquarters of the Philadelphia Police Department, the 6th and 9th Police Districts, and the Medical Examiner's Office.[6]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
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- ^ Newall, Mike (April 24, 2019). "The old Inquirer Building is soon to become Police Headquarters. My tour was bittersweet". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 31 July 2019.