| Contributor |
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect. |
|
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
| Title |
[Demolition of Burd Mansion, s.w. corner Ninth and Chestnut streets] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1862 |
| Date |
[ca. 1862] |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : albumen ; sheet 22 x 25 cm (8.5 x 5.75 in.) |
| Description |
Exterior view depicting the gutted mansion of deceased Philadelphia lawyer, Edward Shippen Burd, built 1801-1802 after the
designs of Benjamin Henry Latrobe at 900-906 Chestnut Street. Shows the walls covered with broadsides, including playbills
for "Carncross & Dixey's Minstrels." As stipulated in Burd's will, following the death of his wife, Elizabeth Sims Burd in
1861, the residence was razed and replaced by storefronts, the revenue given to remaining Burd heirs. Mrs. Burd was the grandniece
of Joseph Sims, the original owner of the mansion.
|
| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
|
Date based on demolition of the depicted mansion. |
|
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of engravings relating to Philadelphia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886. |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
|
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the
Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
|
| Subject |
Burd, Edward Shippen, 1779-1848 -- Homes and haunts. |
|
Shippen-Burd Mansion (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Carncross & Dixey's Minstrels. |
|
Mansions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Playbills -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 900 block. |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
| Associated name |
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - unidentified - residences [(6)1322.F.49e] |
| Accession number |
(6)1322.F.49e |
