Marine Corps Depot of Supplies, Schuylkill Warehouse

Marine Corps Depot of Supplies, Schuylkill Warehouse
Marine Corps Depot of Supplies, Schuylkill Warehouse, May 2010
Marine Corps Depot of Supplies, Schuylkill Warehouse is located in Philadelphia
Marine Corps Depot of Supplies, Schuylkill Warehouse
Marine Corps Depot of Supplies, Schuylkill Warehouse is located in Pennsylvania
Marine Corps Depot of Supplies, Schuylkill Warehouse
Marine Corps Depot of Supplies, Schuylkill Warehouse is located in the United States
Marine Corps Depot of Supplies, Schuylkill Warehouse
Location700-734 Schuylkill Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°56′42″N 75°11′14″W / 39.94500°N 75.18722°W / 39.94500; -75.18722
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1941, 1943, 1970
ArchitectStopper, Eugene A.
Architectural styleModerne
NRHP reference No.04001228[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 12, 2004

The Marine Corps Depot of Supplies, Schuylkill Warehouse was an historic, American warehouse that was located in the Schuylkill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The structure was demolished in 2015 to make way for the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia expansion.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]

History and architectural features

Built by the United States Marine Corps in two sections in 1941 and in 1943, this historic structure was a six-story, orange brick building that was designed in the Moderne style. A one-story, brick addition was built circa 1970. The warehouse has an off-center tower over the entrance, unornamented parapet and flat roof, long bands of steel windows, and wide loading bays separated by rounded concrete columns. Occupied by the U.S. Marine Corps into the 1960s, it was subsequently used as a vocational training facility, the John F. Kennedy Vocational Center, by the School District of Philadelphia into the 1980s, and then used for administrative offices and storage.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Cynthia Rose Hamilton (June 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Marine Corps Depot of Supplies, Schuylkill Warehouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.