Capital detail, U.S. Custom House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Capital detail, U.S. Custom House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Detail of column capital on serpentine marble column supporting dome of rotunda

The U.S. Custom House in Philadelphia, a federal building project of the Depression era, was begun in December 1932. It is distinguished by richness of materials, quality of design, and by an interior mural program by a major local artist, Brandywine School artist George Harding. Ritter & Shay, one of the most prominent architectural firms in Philadelphia, gave the new building classical details in its exterior and interior. This column capital is one of eight on serpentine marble columns supporting the dome of the building's three-story rotunda.

Highsmith, Carol M. (American photographer, born 1946); Ritter and Shay, Architects

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2010718977/

Photographer: Carol M. Highsmith

Image: 2007

1934

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CP2015-045

Second and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, PA

Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Accession Number: LC-DIG-highsm- 02673 (ONLINE) [P&P]