What was once a rather flamboyant exercise in provincial Rundbogenstil has been tamed by multiple alterations, but we can still see some of the characteristic ornaments—such as the varied crenellations along the cornice and the heavily emphasized eyebrows over the originally arched windows.
The building has a new life as apartments, which at least keeps it standing, even if the conversion did dilute much of its original character.
Update: Thanks to our alert correspondent David Schwing, we have this old postcard that shows the building when it was young and Romanesquer. It was put up in 1908; the architect was E. W. Milligan of Swissvale.1
- Philadelphia Real Estate Record & Builders’ Guide, July 8, 1908. ↩︎
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