Preliminary report on historical sites in the Independence Mall, 1951 1951

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Preliminary report on historical sites in the Independence Mall, 1951 1951

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This report was prepared by the architectural firm of Harbeson, Hough, Livingston & Larson, from research by Hannah Benner Roach. The reports are on the Jones-Kinsey-Pennsylvania Hospital site, the Madison site, the site of the Presidential mansion, the Galloway-Morris mansion site, the site of the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Ridgway-Meredith site, and the site of the State House Inn.

1.0 Volume(s), 1 volume, 98 p., typed

American Philosophical Society

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