This Is Lower Merion And Narberth
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Important Architecture In Lower Merion And Narberth
The Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project (PAB) maintains an index of more than 50,000 architecturally significant projects in the Philadelphia.
1,582 of those of projects are or were located in Lower Merion, and 53 of them are or were located in Narberth.
Examples of Projects Listed in the PAB Index – Click on images above to see index listings
According to their website, the PAB provides:
- A free, publicly searchable Internet database of architectural and historical information and images for 35,000+ structures, mostly in Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties, including all those on the Philadelphia Historical Commission list of significant buildings, and the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission’s inventory of historic structures. All local buildings represented in the Athenæum and the University of Pennsylvania architectural collections, as well as the original architectural holdings of such institutions as the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the Library Company of Philadelphia are included in the database.
- A Web-based library of 25,000+ images. Thumbnail size images are freely available for browsing. High-resolution images can be viewed online by purchasing a PAB subscription.
- Biographies or biographical sketches of 2500+ architects as well as project information for over 8,000 additional architects, engineers and contractors.
- A national model for creating and presenting authoritative building history resources, which will ultimately be linked to similar projects in other regions of the United States.
- (Currently Under Construction) PAB will serve as the architectural and building history component of the region’s growing Geographical Information System (GIS), which provides the ability to link authoritative geographical coordinates with a wide, and potentially limitless variety of information.