Published References

• Morrone, Francis. An Architectural Guidebook to Philadelphia. Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith, 1999., p. 145-146
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  Client/Project Name: Rittenhouse Square
  Architect Referenced: Cret, Paul Philippe (1876 - 1945)
   
• Thomas, George E.Buildings of Pennsylvania Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, Society of Architectural Historians, University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, 2010, p. 99
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  Client/Project Name: Rittenhouse Square
  Architect Referenced: Cret, Paul Philippe (1876 - 1945)
   
• National Register. (National Register Information System)
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  Client/Project Name: Rittenhouse Square
   
• Pennsylvania Cultural Resources Geographic Information System, a cooperative venture of the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
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  Client/Project Name: Rittenhouse Square
   
• Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Cultural Resources Database
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  Client/Project Name: Rittenhouse Square
   
• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 28, n. 31, p. 497, 7/30/1913
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  Client/Project Name: Rittenhouse Square Improvements Association
  Architect Referenced: Cret, Paul Philippe (1876 - 1945)
   
• Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 49, n. 25, p. 193, 6/20/1934
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  Client/Project Name: Rittenhouse Square Association, c/o Architect / Rittenhouse Square (improvements)
  Architect Referenced: Cret, Paul Philippe (1876 - 1945)
   
• Philadelphia Register of Historic Places (Imported)
   
• National Register Information System database (imported May 8, 2001)
   

Drawings, Photos, Papers, etc.

• Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania - Paul Philippe Cret Collection
  Holding Name: Rittenhouse Square Improvements
  Quantity: 6 items, Call Number: 062.203-062.204
  Architect Referenced: Cret, Paul Philippe (1876 - 1945)
   
• Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania - Paul Philippe Cret Collection
  Holding Name: Rittenhouse Square Drinking Fountain
  Quantity: 5 items, Call Number: 062.227-062.228
  Architect Referenced: Cret, Paul Philippe (1876 - 1945)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Cornell Collection
  Holding Name: The Rittenhouse Square Improvement Association / Rittenhouse Square
  Quantity: 1 folder, Call Number: 26-SP-116
  Architects Referenced: Cret, Paul Philippe (1876 - 1945); John S. Cornell & Son (fl. 1890 - )
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Cret Collection
  Holding Name: Rittenhouse Square
  Quantity: 2 Folders, Call Number: 27-F-098
  Architects Referenced: Cret, Paul Philippe (1876 - 1945); Harbeson, Hough, Livingston & Larson (fl. 1945-1976)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Cret Collection
  Holding Name: Misc. Photos
  Quantity: 6 items, Call Number: 27-P-019
  Architect Referenced: Cret, Paul Philippe (1876 - 1945)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Cret Collection
  Holding Name: Rittenhouse Square Improvements
  Quantity: 1 Folder, Call Number: 27-SP-098
  Architect Referenced: Cret, Paul Philippe (1876 - 1945)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Cret Collection
  Holding Name: Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, Pa.
  Quantity: 62 sheets, Call Number: CRE098
  Architects Referenced: Barton & Martin; Bounds, Paul W.; Cret, Paul Philippe (1876 - 1945); Harbeson, Hough, Livingston & Larson (fl. 1945-1976); John Hagan & Co.; Marcolina Brothers; Pavel, Oglesby; Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company; R. Ridgway & Son; Robinson Flagstones; Taylor-Davis Inc.
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Cret Collection
  Holding Name: Rittenhouse Square
  Quantity: 7 sheets, Call Number: CRE098D
  Architect Referenced: Cret, Paul Philippe (1876 - 1945)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Cret Collection
  Holding Name: Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, Pa.
  Quantity: 7 items, Call Number: CRE098E
  Architect Referenced: Cret, Paul Philippe (1876 - 1945)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Cret Collection
  Holding Name: Rittenhouse Square, Tablet on Giant Frog
  Quantity: 1 item, Call Number: CRE098F
  Architect Referenced: Cret, Paul Philippe (1876 - 1945)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Cret Collection
  Holding Name: Rittenhouse Square Fountain
  Quantity: 31 sheets, Call Number: CRE107
  Architects Referenced: Cret, Paul Philippe (1876 - 1945); Harbeson, Hough, Livingston & Larson (fl. 1945-1976)
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Karl Lutz Collection
  Holding Name: Rittenhouse Square
  Quantity: 9 Items, Call Number: 76-P-135
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Karl Lutz Collection
  Holding Name: Rittenhouse Square
  Quantity: 2 Items, Call Number: 76-PC-135
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Olson Collection
  Holding Name: Rittenhouse Square
  Quantity: 19 items, Call Number: 192A-N-157
   
• Historical Society of Pennsylvania - George B. Roberts Papers
  Holding Name: Rittenhouse Square Improvement Association / Rittenhouse Square Bench Around Goat
  Quantity: 1 folder, Call Number: #2140, Box 7
  Architect Referenced: Roberts, George Brooke (1900 - 1974)
   
• Philadelphia City Archives - Art Jury/Art Commission Records
  Holding Name: Improvements to Rittenhouse Square
  Call Number: 2626
  Architect Referenced: Cret, Paul Philippe (1876 - 1945)
   
• Philadelphia City Archives - Art Jury/Art Commission Records
  Holding Name: Rittenhouse Square Development
  Quantity: 1 file, Call Number: 88
  Architects Referenced: Cret, Paul Philippe (1876 - 1945); Paul, Oglesby (d. 1915)
   

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