TY - MANSCPT DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: No Known Copyright TI - Groundbreaking ceremony for Rohm and Haas Company headquarters ID - br86b465w AU - Rohm and Haas Company DA - 1963/04/15/ YR - 1963 AV - Rohm & Haas Company Archives, Box Photos 18, Folder 8 VL - Rohm & Haas Company Archives, Box Photos 18, Folder 8 AN - Rohm & Haas Company Archives, Box Photos 18, Folder 8 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/br86b465w AB - General view of Philadelphia Mayor James Tate (center) and two unidentified Rohm and Haas Company executives at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Rohm and Haas Company headquarters located on Independence Mall. Construction of the new headquarters, designed by architect Pietro Belluschi, began in 1963 as part of the city of Philadelphia's efforts to improve and revitalize the area around Independence Hall. Upon completion, Rohm and Haas, a manufacturer of specialty chemicals and materials including Plexiglas, relocated its headquarters from Washington Square in 1965. KW - Employees KW - Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Independence Mall KW - Tate, James H. J. (James Hugh Joseph), 1910- KW - Rohm and Haas Company KW - Corporations LA - ER -