Details
Contributor Ketterlinus Lithographic Manufacturing Company, associated name.
Furness, Evans & Co, architect.
McKim, Mead & White, architect.
Title [Girard Trust Company on South Broad Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1908
Date [ca. 1908]
Physical Description 1 drawing : watercolor and graphite ; sheet 62 x 48 cm (24.25 x 18.5 in.)
Description Exterior view of the Girard Trust Company building constructed in 1905 to 1907 based on designs by Furness, Evans & Co. with detailing by McKim, Mead & White at 34-60 South Broad Street, Philadelphia. Shows the building, inspired by the Roman Pantheon, with porticos supported by Ionic columns, pediments decorated with a portrait of Stephen Girard and ships, and a dome. Numerous pedestrians walk along the sidewalks. Also visible are City Hall and the Land Title Building.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from date of construction of the building and accompanying label.
Labels removed from the frame: For [Girard Trust Ceo.], Order No. [A149], Date [6-8-08], Ketterlinus Litho Mfg. Co. Philadelphia. [R356]. Mellon Bank No #1.
Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2022.
Subject City Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Girard Trust Company.
Land Title Building.
Banks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 34-60.
Genre Graphite drawings -- 1900-1910.
Watercolors -- 1900-1910.
Associated name Furness, Evans & Co, architect.
Associated name McKim, Mead & White, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2022.62.3.18]
Accession number P.2022.62.3.18