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ID: 700023629
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700023629
Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1
Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia (opera house; designed by William H. McElfatrick; restored: Atkin Olshin S...; 1908; renovated 2018; Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, Nor...)
Note: Located in: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; Beaux-Arts and Neoclassical style, built by impresario Oscar Hammerstein I to house his Philadelphia Opera Company; restoration in 2018
Titles:
Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia (preferred,C,U,English-P,,N)
The Met Philadelphia (C,U,undetermined,U,U)
Philadelphia Evangelistic Center (H,U,undetermined,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
opera house [300007104] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, performing arts structures, performing arts buildings, concert halls)
concert hall [300007102]
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, performing arts structures, performing arts buildings)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1908; renovated 2018

Creator Display:
designed by William H. McElfatrick; restored: Atkin Olshin Schade Architects and Domus as the general contractor [preferred,BWR]
architect McElfatrick, William H. (American architect, 1854-1922) Extent: original work [500086876]
architects Atkin Olshin Schade Architects (architectural firm, active in United States) Extent: restoration [500514744]
Locations:
Current: Philadelphia [7014406] Philadelphia county (county), Pennsylvania (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Address Note: 858 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Display Materials: unavailable
Dimensions: unavailable
Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Beaux-Arts (style) [300021433] (preferred,N/A)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, <modern European architecture styles and movements>)
Neoclassical [300021477] (N/A)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>)

General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: recreational and entertainment structures
Sources and Contributors:
Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia........ [BWR,VP]
........ BWR database (2010-)
The Met Philadelphia........ [VP,BWR]
........ BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)
Philadelphia Evangelistic Center........ [BWR,VP]
........ BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)
Subject: ....... [BWR,VP]
....................... BWR database (2010-)
....................... BWR-14 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021)
....................... BWR SSID (2010-)
....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-)
....................... Avery Index2: BWR Contribution (2010-)
Note:
English ..... [BWR,VP]
..... BWR database (2010-)
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