It was designed by noted theater architect William Harold Lee (1884-1971), and built in 1917–1918.

It was located on a trapezoidal lot at 46 West Independence Street, four stories in front and in the Beaux-Arts style of architecture.

The interior featured elaborately ornamented plaster ceilings and a central dome with a suspended chandelier.

[2] It was demolished after the Rite Aid drug store chain acquired the lot in 1998.

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