Details
Contributor Packard & Butler, printer.
Durang, Edwin Forrest, 1829-1911, architect.
Title St. Agatha's Church Philadelphia, Penna. [graphic] : Rev. John E. Fitzmaurice pastor/ Dawson; Edwin F. Durang, architect, Phila.
Publisher Philadelphia: Packard & Butler, lith
Date [ca. 1883]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph.
Description View showing the Roman Catholic Church built 1874-1878 in the High Victorian Gothic style after the designs of Durang at 3801 Spring Garden Street in West Philadelphia. Building includes the octagonal spire erected 1882-1883 and a gable-roof with cross-gables. Near the church, a woman strolls with a parasol, two men convene near a street lamp, two ladies converse with a gentleman, and a man carries a package in front of a fire hydrant. In the street, individuals cross the intersection near a man on horseback and the "Race, Hestonville, Vine, Fairmount & Exchange, Zoological Garden" horse-drawn street car. Also shows a fenced residence adjacent to the church. Residence contains a covered side-porch, addition, and iron-work fencing. Trees surround the property.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 227
PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Agatha's
Subject St. Agatha Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Roman Catholic churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Street railroads -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horseback riding -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject West Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Lithographs -- 1880-1890.
Associated name Durang, Edwin Forrest, 1829-1911, architect.
Location Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center.| Graphics Collection. | PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Agatha's