Details
Contributor Hutton, Addison, 1834-1916, architect.
Stacy Reeves & Sons builder.
Title Alterations & additions to Messrs. Strawbridge & Clothiers store on 8th & Market Sts. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1891
Date [1891]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph with watercolor ; sheet 61 x 100 cm (24 x 39 in.)
Description Architectural drawing for renovations to the Strawbridge & Clothier department store (established 1868) on the 800 block of Market Street. Shows "Elevation on Market St." (building section at corner of Eighth & Market) and details of "Elevation of Cornice on Eighth St."; "Part Elevation of Cornice"; and "Increased Projection of 3 [in.] at Pediments." Details show close-ups of the roof of the building section, including cornices, windows, and pediments. Sections of the drawing are annotated in watercolor or with printed notes indicating dividing partitions between buildings; structural elements; and their spacing. The expanded Strawbridge & Clothier building was completed circa 1897 after the designs of Philadelphia architect Addison Hutton. Builders Stacy Reeves & Sons worked on additions and alterations to the building through the early 1900s. Justus Clayton Strawbridge (1838–1911) and Isaac Hallowell Clothier (1837–1921) founded Strawbridge & CLothier in Philadelphia in 1868.
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from manuscript note: This drawing belongs to Stacy Reeves & Sons and was [used?] from them Aug. 26, 1891.
Includes: Scale 1/8 [in.] = 1 foot
Includes: Scale for details 3/4 [in.] = 1 foot
Includes printed notes: Equal Space; Bracket over [?]; Dotted lines show outline of large end brackets; Party Line; Center Line; and Large Bracket terminating cornice.
Includes annotations in red ink for dimensions of sections of the "Elevation on Market Street" view.
Includes pencil annotations: 11-9 Floor Co. joints; B of J.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject Strawbridge & Clothier.
Cornices -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Department stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pediments -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 800 block -- North side.
Genre Architectural drawings -- 1890-1900.
Lithographs -- 1890-1900.
Associated name Hutton, Addison, 1834-1916, architect.
Associated name Stacy Reeves & Sons builder.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **architectural drawings - unidentified - Strawbridge [P.2010.35.9]