Modern Federal · City halls

View of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's, City Hall, famously topped by a statue of William Penn, known locally simply as "Billy Penn," founder of the English North American colony of Pennsylvania and the lead planner of Philadelphia

Pennsylvania · 1850–1939

View of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's, City Hall, famously topped by a statue of William Penn, known locally simply as "Billy Penn," founder of the English North American colony of Pennsylvania and the lead planner of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1850–1939
View of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's, City Hall, famously topped by a statue of William Penn, known locally simply as "Billy Penn," founder of the English North American colony of Pennsylvania and the lead planner of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1850–1939. City halls — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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