| Contributor |
Packard & Butler, printer. |
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Durang, Edwin Forrest, 1829-1911, architect. |
| Title |
St. Augustine's Church. Philadelphia, Penna. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia: Packard & Butler, lith |
| Date |
[ca. 1880] |
| Physical Description |
1 print: lithograph, tinted with one stone. |
| Description |
View showing the second edifice of the Roman Catholic church built 1848-1849 after the designs of Napoleon Le Brun at 260-262
North Fourth Street. Building contains the steeple added in 1867 after the designs of Edwin F. Durang. Neighboring residences,
a business adorned with an awning, and the church cemetery are visible adjacent to St. Augustine's. In front of the church,
pedestrians, including a mother and child, stroll; a newsboy runs toward a parked carriage; and a man crosses the street.
Also shows a fire hydrant, street lamps, and the church property protected by an ironwork fence and stone wall with doorway.
|
| Notes |
Not in Wainwright. |
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Contains inset titled "St. Augustine's School and Parochial Residence, E.F. Durang, Arch't." Shows the three-story school
rebuilt in 1870 and the adjoining parochial residence on the north side of the church. Includes light pedestrian traffic.
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Reproduction of print published as frontispiece to Rev. Francis X. McGowan, ed., Historical Sketch of St. Augustine's Church,
Philadelphia, Pa. 1796-1896 (Philadelphia: Published by the Augustinian Fathers, 1896)
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Philadelphia on Stone |
|
POSP 230 |
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PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Augustine's |
| Subject |
St. Augustine's (Church : Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Catholic Church -- Buildings. |
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Roman Catholic churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Church schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Cemeteries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Genre |
Lithographs -- 1870-1880. |
| Associated name |
Durang, Edwin Forrest, 1829-1911, architect. |
| Location |
Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center.| Graphics Collection. | PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Augustine's |
