Administered by United States Department of General Services Washington District of Columbia
Located United States Post Office and Court House William Penn Annex, 9th & Chestnut streets, 9th Street facade Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Date:
Ca. 1930
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
Image on file.
(On shields:) State Seal of Rhode Island/Providence Plantation 1636 / The Great Seal of the State of North Carolina / The Great Seal of the State of New York / Virginia/Sic/Semper/Tyranis / Seal of the State of New Hampshire/1776 / Scvto/Bonae/Volvntatis/TVAE/Coronasti/Nos/1632 / Massachusetensis Sicillum Reipublic / Reipublicae Connecticutensis Sicillum / State of Georgia 1776 / The Great Seal of the State of New Jersey / Seal of the Stateof Pennsylvania / Great Seal of the State of Delaware/1793 . 1847
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Summary:
On the 9th Street facade, just above the windows, the Federal Courthouse and Post Office is adorned with thirteen state shields that represent the thirteen states in the circuit of the federal district court. The shields depict the state seals for: Rhode Island with the Providence Plantation 1636; North Carolina; New York; Virginia; New Hampshire; Tennessee; Massachusetts; Connecticut; Georgia; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; and Delaware.
