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Land Title Building

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This historic structure was built for the oldest title insurance company in the world, the Land Title Bank and Trust Company. The two-building complex, joined at the first floor, was built in two phases. The earlier, northern one of the building's two towers was erected in 1898 and was fifteen
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The southern, 22-story, 331-foot tower, added in 1902, was also designed by Burnham in collaboration with Philadelphia architect
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Land Title Bank and Trust Company, 100–118 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
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stories tall. It was designed by Chicago-based architect
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historical marker outside the building commemorates
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Land Title Building is located in Philadelphia
Land Title Building is located in Pennsylvania
Land Title Building is located in the United States
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
39°57′2″N 75°9′52″W / 39.95056°N 75.16444°W / 39.95056; -75.16444
Daniel H. Burnham
Horace Trumbauer
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early skyscraper
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
National Register of Historic Places
Daniel Burnham
Horace Trumbauer
National Register of Historic Places
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Anne Brancato Wood
Philadelphia portal
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"Land Title Building"
"PHMC Marker Search: Anne Brancato Wood (1903-1972)"

Land Title Building (1902)
Land Title & Trust Building
Land Title Building

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