File:Jayne1951.jpg

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English: Dr. David Jayne Building, 242-44 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA. (1849-50, rebuilt after fire 1872, demolished 1957 to make way for Independence National Historical Park)
Architect: William J. Johnston.

Some architectural historians consider this 129-foot-tall Venetian Gothic building the first skyscraper built in the United States.
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Source Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress: HABS PA,51-PHILA,237-1
Author Leonard Overturf, HABS photographer
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