| Creator |
M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer. |
| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
| Title |
Harrison's Row, Locust St. bel. 18th. [graphic]. |
| Date |
March 1859 |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen; 21 x 24 cm.(8.25 x 9.5 in.) |
| Description |
View of the row of mansions, known as Harrison Row, built for locomotive engineer Joseph Harrison in 1856 as an experiment
in community housing. The single family residences included a kitchen, dining room, sitting-room, skylight, and laundry facilities
as well as shared a garden with Harrison's adjacent mansion at 221-225 South 18th Street. Also shows a partial view of St.
Mark's Church (1607-1627 Locust); neighboring buildings; and a horse-drawn carriage.
|
| Notes |
Title from manuscript note on verso. |
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Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
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Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. |
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McClees 1859-2. |
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Published in Theo B. White, ed., Philadelphia architecture in the nineteenth century (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Art Alliance
by the University of Pennsylvnai Press, 1953), entry #95.
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Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the
19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 29.
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Arcadia caption text: One of Philadelphia’s few architect-designed rows, Harrison’s Row consisted of a block of ten elegant
Italianate houses on the north side of Locust Street near Rittenhouse Square designed by Samuel Sloan. The homes shared a
back garden (see image above) with Harrison’s palatial mansion on Eighteenth Street, also designed by Sloan, and a block of
stables to the north. Around the time this photograph was taken in March of 1859, the homes were occupied by three merchants,
three brokers, two “gentlemen,” and an engraver, along with their families and servants.
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| Biographical / historical note |
McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views
of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
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| Subject |
St. Mark's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Harrison's Row (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Locust Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1700 block. |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - McClees - Streets - L [(6)1322.F.154a] |
| Accession number |
(6)1322.F.154a |
