242 S. 17th St.
Harry Lewis House
1894, W. Whitney Lewis
This is the only known building in Philadelphia by Whitney Lewis, a British born MIT graduate who was among the most prominent designers of his day in Boston. The material is a golden-toned Pompeian brick. Molded brick and terra cotta form the window surrounds and cornices. Unusually, the corners of the facade above the ground floor are beveled. Perhaps because the building lot was uncomfortably shallow, the designer extended the floor area by supporting the upper stories on a massive arcade resting on sturdy brick corbels.