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Historic American Buildings Survey,
Engineering Record, Landscapes Survey
Philadelphia Zoological Gardens, 3400 West Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
- Title: Philadelphia Zoological Gardens, 3400 West Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
- Other Title:
Philadelphia Zoo
Fairmount Park - Creator(s): Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
- Related Names:
Schwarzmann, Herman Joseph
Cret, Paul Philippe
Camac, William
Zoological Society of Philadelphia
Penn, John
Furness, Frank
Hewitt, George
Venturi, Robert
LeConte, John
Cassin, John
Ellis Yarnall family
Wolf, Wilhelm
Thompson, Frank
Chandler, Theophilus Parsons, Jr.
Mellor & Meigs
Penrose, Charles
Clark, Edwin
Citizens Committee for a Free & Modern Zoo
John Holland Company
Civilian Work Administration
Federal Emergency Relief Administration for Public Work
Wohert, A. E.
Ratcliffe, Herman
Catherwood, Wilson
Fairmount Park Commission
Hatfield, Martin & White
Krause, Idella
Middleton, Rena
Harbeson, Hough Livingston & Larson
Needler, Mirick & Zantzinger
Longwood Gardens staff
U.S. Public Health Service
Warneke, Heinz
Mirick, Pearson, Ilvonen & Batcheler
Donaldson, William
Bohlin, Powell, Larkin & Cywinski
Menke & Menke
Holm, Alan
Caulk, John
Lenni Lenape Indians
Ueland & Junker
Cebul, Mary-Scott
Venturi, Rauch & Scott Brown
Long & Long
Coe, Jon Charles
Hanna Olin
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Coe Lee Robinson Roesch, Incorporated
Agoos Lovera
Blackney & Hayes
Ewing Cole
Collins & Autenrieth
Crump, John
Daget Saylor
Ben-Schmuel, Ahron
Mitchell, Henry
Allen, Tom
Berg, Eric
Lipkin, Jacob
Greenberg, Joseph
Dickson, Tom
Barger, Raymond Granville
Lowrie, Archer
Frudakis, Evangelos
Rosin, Harry
Jones, Dexter
Kemeys, Edward
Cain, Auguste
Langlais, Bernard
Miller, Donald R.
Obard, A. J.
Laessle, Albert
deSchauensee, Rudolph
Ott, Cynthia , historian
Boucher, Jack E. , photographer - Date Created/Published: Documentation compiled after 1933
- Medium:
Photo(s): 3
Data Page(s): 82
Photo Caption Page(s): 1 - Reproduction Number: ---
- Rights Advisory:
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html)
- Call Number: HABS PA,51-PHILA,750-
- Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
- Notes:
- See also HABS PA-1662 & PA-1663 for other Zoological Gardens documentation.
- See also field notes for HABS PA-6211 for additional documentation. Additional documentation includes photographs & drawings.
- Significance: The Zoological Society of Philadelphia was incorporated in 1859, making it the oldest organization of its kind in the United States. It opened its garden to the public on July 1, 1874. The grounds have undergone constant change and renovation over the last 120 ears as the zoo adopts more progressive designs. Nevertheless, the contemporary landscape is a revealing document of zoo history, of the 19th century American park movement, and of colonial Philadelphia. Present within its confines are an 18th century house built by John Penn, grandson to Pennsylvania's founder, William Penn; rustic architecture and landscape features from the original 19th century design scheme by Hermann Joseph Schwarzmann, engineer of the Fairmount Park Commission and architect of the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876; and animal quarters dating from the 1870s to the 1990s by many of Philadelphia's most influential architects including Frank Furness, George Hewitt, Paul Cret, and Robert Venturi. The zoo contains a living record not only of the fauna of the world but of the evolution of America's perceptions of nature. The buildings, like the landscape, record the evolution of zoo designs and the concomitant changing attitudes towards wildlife.
- Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N336
- Survey number: HABS PA-6211
- Building/structure dates: 1873- 1874 Initial Construction
- Building/structure dates: 1930 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1931 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1941 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1903 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1913 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1896 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1907 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1916 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1905 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1888 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1912 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1938 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1948-1951 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1936 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1948-1954 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1967 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1970 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1973-1975 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1987 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1982 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1985 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1996 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1994 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1876 Initial Construction
- Building/structure dates: 1882 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1978 Demolished
- Building/structure dates: 1987 Demolished
- Building/structure dates: 1938 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 1957 Subsequent Work
- National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001151
- Subjects:
- Place:
- Collections:
- Part of: Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
- Bookmark This Record:
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa3508/
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- Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
- Reproduction Number: ---
- Call Number: HABS PA,51-PHILA,750-
- Medium:
Photo(s): 3
Data Page(s): 82
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
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- Call Number: HABS PA,51-PHILA,750-
- Medium:
Photo(s): 3
Data Page(s): 82
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
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