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Old Scots' and Its Parsonage
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Creator
Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927
Title
Old Scots' and Its Parsonage
Date
ca. 1922
Notes
View of a classical-style church and the adjacent residences.
In the year 1771 a congregation of Scotch Presbyterians, led by Rev. William Marshall, who had come to Philadelphia as a missionary, built this church upon the south side of Spruce Street, west from Third Street. During the British occupancy the building was used as a Hessian hospital. Dr. Marshall built the house adjoining in 1786. About this time, through dissensions among his flock, the pastor and his faction withdrew. Five years later they erected a new church upon Walnut Street, west of Fourth Street. The congregation met here until 1854, then removing to the southwest corner of Broad and Lombard Streets. In 1914, the congregation dedicated a beautiful new church at Fifty-second Street and Chester Avenue. Dr. Marshall continued to reside at his Spruce Street house and died there in 1802. This house has been removed, and "Old Scots" was torn down in 1884. The residence was notable in our local annals because, about 1792, the Count de Noalles occupied rooms there. This nobleman had served the Revolutionary cause as an officer in the army of Rochambeau. In 1796, the fugitive Duke of Orleans, afterward Louis Philippe, King of France, boarded with the worthy divine, pending the arrival from France of his younger brothers. This drawing was made from a photograph by Gutekunst, taken in 1880.
Taylor Catalog Number: 33
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Frank H. Taylor Collection
Identifier
Taylor - Case 6-13 [2717.F]
Accession number
Taylor - Case 6-13 [2717.F]
Image file
Taylor-6-13.tif
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