Demolition reviewDeferred

Vote tally: Not recorded; matter deferred to full Historical Commission meeting on 9 January 1991
Criteria cited: Philadelphia Code Section 14-2007(7)(j) — demolition only if necessary in the public interest or building cannot be reasonably adaptedHistorical significance as one of the nation's first research teaching laboratoriesSignificance as a landmark of late 19th-century educational and scientific reformSignificance as an element of the 19th-century landscape of Smith WalkSignificance as a work of Collins and AutenriethSection 106 review under federal historic preservation lawPhiladelphia Register of Historic Places designation (October 1989)Adaptability of the building for alternative usesUniversity's institutional need for research space and contiguous facilitiesFinancial and safety costs of alternative sites

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215 SOUTH 34TH STREET (SMITH HALL) UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

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