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Unitarian Church, Van Pelt and Chestnut Sts. [graphic].
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Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer.
Contributor
Furness, Frank, 1839-1912, architect.
Furness, Evans & Co., architect.
Title
Unitarian Church, Van Pelt and Chestnut Sts. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1923
Date
ca. 1923
Physical Description
1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 12 x 10 cm. (4.5 x 3.75 in.)
Description
Exterior view of side of First Unitarian Church at 2121 Chestnut St. Two men sit on church steps looking at camera. Designed by architect Frank Furness, the church was built in 1895-96, and underwent several subsequent alterations through 1955.
Notes
Title from manuscript note on verso.
Photographer's manuscript note on verso: a grotesque architectural hodge-poge [sic], chiefly noteworthy for its grotesqueness, lack of artistic appeal, curve and balance.
Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject
First Congregational Society of Unitarian Christians in the City of Philadelphia.
Unitarian church buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 2121.
Genre
Gelatin silver prints -- 1920-1930.
Associated name
Furness, Frank, 1839-1912, architect.
Associated name
Furness, Evans & Co., architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Wilson 147 [P.8513.147]
Accession number
P.8513.147
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