The Sun Oil Building is a historic building in the Center City area of

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. The 19-story

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high-rise stands tall. It served as the headquarters of the

Sun Oil Company Sunoco LP is an American master limited partnership organized under Delaware state laws and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, that is a wholesale distributor of motor fuels. It distributes fuel to more than 5,500 Sunoco-branded gas stations ...

from its erection in 1928 until Sun relocated in 1971. It was listed on the

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in 1983, and on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places on February 2, 1984.

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The Sun Oil Building
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