Fairmount and Pennsylvania Aves., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Philadelphia.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 02, 1973. NRIS 73001662.
1 contributing building.
The Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building—originally the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company Building—is an annex of the Philadelphia Museum of Art containing exhibition galleries, offices, conservation labs, and the museum library. It is an Art Deco building that features cathedral-like entrances and is adorned with sculpture and gilding. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Perelman Building is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Fairmount Avenue, facing the Philadelphia Museum of Art's main building across Kelly Drive.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997074