Sun Oil Building

The Sun Oil Building is a historic building in the Center City area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 19-story Art Deco high-rise stands 230 feet tall.

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Type: Commercial building
Description: building in Pennsylvania, United States
Address: 1608 Walnut Street, Philadelphia

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Curtis Institute of Music and St. Mark’s Episcopal Church.

Curtis Institute of Music

University

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The Curtis Institute of Music is a private conservatory in Philadelphia. It offers a performance diploma, a Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in opera, and a Professional Studies Certificate in opera. Curtis Institute of Music is situated 740 feet west of Sun Oil Building.

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

Church

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Saint Mark's Episcopal Church is an Episcopal church located at 1625 Locust Street in Rittenhouse Square in Center City Philadelphia. The church was founded in the mid-19th century as part of the Oxford Movement revival in the Anglican Communion.

Academy of Music

Theater building

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The Academy of Music, also known as American Academy of Music, is a concert hall and opera house located at 240 S. Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Academy of Music is situated 1,000 feet southeast of Sun Oil Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rittenhouse Square and Center City East.

Rittenhouse Square

Neighborhood

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Rittenhouse Square is a public park in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that is the center of the eponymous Rittenhouse neighborhood. The square is one of the five original open-space parks planned by William Penn and his surveyor Thomas Holme during the late 17th century.

Center City East

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City Center East is the most dense section of Philadelphia, home to City Hall, the Convention Center, Chinatown, Washington Square West, and Gayborhood.

Center City West

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Philadelphia's Center City West is the downtown area west of City Hall. It contains downtown's upscale shopping district, the financial district, and the museum district along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, culminating in the Philadelphia Art Museum and Fairmount Park.

Sun Oil Building

Categories: building and office
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.94955° or 39° 56′ 58″ north

Longitude

-75.16815° or 75° 10′ 5″ west

Levels

Height

230 feet (70 metres)

Open location code

87F6WRXJ+RP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 334239462

OpenStreetMap feature

building=commercial

Wikidata ID

Q7638424

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In Other Languages

“Sun Oil Building” goes by many names.

Turkish: “Sun Oil Binası”

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