1616 Walnut Street Building | |
Location | 1616
Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 39°56′59″N 75°10′7″W / 39.94972°N 75.16861°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1929 |
Architect | Tilden, Register & Pepper; Wark & Co. |
NRHP reference No. | 83004247 [1] |
Added to NRHP | October 17, 1983 |
The 1616 Walnut Street Building or 1616 Building is a historic high-rise building in the Center City area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A twenty-four-story building, it stands ninety-four meters tall.
Listed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places on January 7, 1982, it was then also listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [2]
In 1930, the architects received an award for the building's design at the 12th International Buildings Congress in Budapest.
Its five-story parking garage on the Chancellor Street side, part of the original construction, was considered a novelty in 1929.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places on January 7, 1982. [2]
In 2013, 1616 Walnut Street was renamed "Icon" as it underwent an extensive renovation, transforming it from commercial space to an apartment building. [3] [4]