| Creator |
Bartlett & French, photographer. |
| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
|
Fraser, John, 1825-1906, architect. |
|
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect. |
|
Notman, John, 1810-1865, architect. |
| Title |
La Pierre House, Academy of Natural Science, and Union League, Broad Street, below Chestnut. [graphic] |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1868 |
| Date |
ca. 1868 |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 8 x 17 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.) |
| Description |
View showing the La Pierre House hotel, the second building of the Academy of Natural Sciences museum, and the Union League
on the west side of the 100 block of South Broad Street. The hotel, completed in 1853 after the designs of Philadelphia architect
John McArthur, was expanded and renamed Lafayette Hotel in 1876. The second building of the Academy, completed in 1840 after
the designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman, and expanded in 1855, housed the museum until 1876. The Union League, established
to raise money and recruits for the Union cause, was completed in 1865 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Fraser.
Includes a horse-drawn carriage parked in front of the museum.
|
| Is part of |
Philadelphia and vicinity. No. 159 |
| Notes |
Title from accompanying label. |
|
Yellow mount with square corners. |
|
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. |
|
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
|
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia -- Buildings. |
|
La Pierre House (Hotel : Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Union League of Philadelphia -- Buildings. |
|
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Museums and galleries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 100 block -- West side. |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
|
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
| Associated name |
Fraser, John, 1825-1906, architect. |
| Associated name |
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect. |
| Associated name |
Notman, John, 1810-1865, architect. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Bartlett & French - Hotels [(8)1322.F.31c] |
| Accession number |
(8)1322.F.31c |
