The Benedum-Trees Bldg, built in 1905, is maintained by a local musician who also works to maintain the bldg. The brass is my baby. Other features include ornate carvings. The William Penn Hotel is the oldest hotel in the city. It opened in 1916, and had 1,000 guest rooms.
Archival footage helps to show what the hotel used to look like.
The William Penn Hotel has a ballroom on the 17 th floor, and it retains many of its original features. Archival footage helps tell the history of the hotel, and shows many celebrities who visited over the years. The Frick Bldg was built in 1901. Major landscaping in 1911 changed the city's urban form, affecting the lobby of the Frick Building. Current occupants of the Frick Bldg conduct a tour of some of the antiques that still exist from Henry Clay Frick's era, including a hand-built bank vault door that weighs more than fifteen tons.