Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title Friends' Meeting House 4th & Arch Sts., Phila. [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1885
Date April 22, 1885
Physical Description 1 photograph: gelatin silver print; 6 x 7 in.
Description Photograph showing the Arch Street Meeting House at 320 Arch Street, a large, two-story brick building with shuttered windows. A brick sidewalk runs along the front of the meeting house next to a grassy lawn, and a wooden wall is on the left. A Quaker burial ground as early as 1683, the site was officially deeded as a burial ground in 1701. The Meeting House was built by carpenter Owen Biddle Jr. (1774-1806) in 1803-1804, with a second room added in 1811. The Meeting House has continued to host Quaker religious services through the 21st century, with the most recent building renovations adding second-floor conference rooms in 1969. Cemetery burials officially ended in 1880.
Notes Photograph from negative number 563.
Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris.
Edited.
Subject Arch Street Meeting House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Friends' meeting houses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Arch Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 320.
Genre Gelatin silver prints.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9768.5]
Accession number P.9768.5