Witherspoon Building

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Witherspoon Building

| nrhp_type =

| image = Witherspoon Philly.JPG

| caption = Witherspoon Building entrance, February 2010

| location = 1321 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

| coordinates = {{coord|39|56|58|N|75|9|48|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Philadelphia#Pennsylvania#USA

| built = 1896

| architect = Huston, Joseph; Et al.

| architecture = Skyscraper

| added = September 18, 1978

| area = {{convert|0.3|acre}}

| refnum = 78002462{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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Witherspoon Building is a historic office building located in the Market East neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect Joseph M. Huston (1866–1940) and built in 1896. It was built for the Presbyterian Board of Publications and Sabbath School Work. It is an 11-story, steel frame E-shaped building, faced with brick and granite. It has terra cotta decorative elements. Its exterior features Corinthian order and Ionic order columns, statues, medallions, seals of various boards and agencies of the Presbyterian Church and of related Reformed churches. It is named for John Witherspoon (1723–1794), a president of Princeton University.{{cite web| url = https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| title = National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania| publisher = CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System| format = Searchable database| access-date = 2012-06-17| archive-date = 2007-07-21| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| url-status = dead}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url = {{NRHP-PA|H001502_01H.pdf}}| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Witherspoon Building| accessdate = 2012-06-16| author = Richard J. Webster| format = PDF| date = July 1977}}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.