Boekel Building

The Boekel Building is a historic factory building located in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 505–515 Vine Street, west of North 5th Street. It was built in 1922–23, and is a six-story, reinforced concrete building clad in brick with terra cotta details. It features massive brick piers and broad banks of windows; the windows were replaced in 1992.[2]

Boekel Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
(2013)
Location	505–515 Vine St. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°57′23″N 75°8′54″W
Built	1922–23
Architect	Clarence Wunder
Architectural style	Early Commercial
NRHP reference No.	03000078[1]
Added to NRHP	February 20, 2003

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

See also

•  Philadelphia portal
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Center City, Philadelphia

References

Notes

1. "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 Dominic Vitello and George E. Thomas (October 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Boekel Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16.

External links

• Media related to Boekel Building at Wikimedia Commons