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Old Norris mansion, 7th & York Sts. Built 1727. [graphic] / F. Gutekunst, photog'r. No. 712 Arch St. Phila.
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Creator
Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer.
Title
Old Norris mansion, 7th & York Sts. Built 1727. [graphic] / F. Gutekunst, photog'r. No. 712 Arch St. Phila.
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1880
Date
[ca. 1880]
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 10 x 18 cm. (4 x 7 in.)
Description
View looking northeast at the front elevation of the Fairhill mansion built 1778 near York and Seventh Streets. Shows the painted phrase, "Revolution House, Iron Sons of..." spanning the width of the front elevation, which was the name of a tavern that operated there in the 1870s. The original mansion, constructed 1712-1719 by bricklayer Richard Redman and stone mason John Hart for Isaac Norris, Sr., was destroyed by fire by the British troops in 1777. Second mansion demolished in 1885.
Is part of
American Scenery 41
Notes
Title from manuscript note on mount.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount. Also contains photograper's blindstamp on mount: Gutekunst, 712 Arch St.
Orange curved mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Subject
Norris family -- Homes and haunts.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Taverns (Inns) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
York Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 600 block.
Seventh Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 2400 block.
Genre
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Gutekunst - Residences [P.9047.65]
Accession number
P.9047.65
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