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Contributor Herline & Hensel, printer.
Title Interior of the upper chamber or hall of the Moravian Church, of 1742. [graphic] / Lith. by Herline & Hensel, Phila.
Publisher Philadelphia : Hayes & Zell, publ
Date [1857]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; 14 x 22 cm. (5.5 x 8.75 in.)
Description Interior view showing the "The Hall" in the attic of the first Moravian church building in Philadephia built 1742-1743, and expanded in 1746 for the followers of Count Zinzendorf, a Bishop of the Moravian Church. Shows the organ in the southeast corner, dormer windows on the east and west sides of the room, six rows of benches, the minister's table and chair, and a chandelier suspended from the ceiling in the middle of the room. This upper chamber was used primarily for evening services. The church building, which was expanded and a parsonnage added, housed the congregation until 1819 and the erection of a new sanctuary.
Notes Published in Abraham Ritter's History of the Moravian Church in Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Published by Hayes & Zell, 1857), opposite page 68. [LCP Am 1857 Rit, 75004.0]
Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 384
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 138 M 797a
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Subject Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
Printer, Hayes & Zell, publisher.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Ba 138 M 797a
Accession number HSP Ba 138 M 797a