Details
Creator Schell, Francis H., 1834-1909, artist.
Contributor P. S. Duval & Sons, printer.
Title Episcopal Hospital (Late Leamy estate) [graphic] / Schell del.
Publisher Philadelphia: P. S. Duval & Son's lith
Date [ca. 1858]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph mounted on paper; 14 x 23 cm.(5.5 x 9 in.)
Description View showing the hospital, also known as the "Bishop Potter Memorial House," opened in 1852 in the donated former residence of Philadelphia merchant John Leamy at Front Street and Lehigh Avenue in Kensington. A horse-drawn wagon departs from the hospital grounds along the landscaped oval driveway in front of the institution. Also shows two figures near the left wing of the building. The hospital, founded by Bishop Alonzo Potter as a religious institution, provided health services and religious services to individuals "without distinction of country, creed, or color" under the administration of church communicants. Residence served as the hospital until the completion of a new building at the site in 1862.
Is referenced by Wainwright 113
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
POS 211
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 P 53 #88, p. 27
Free Library of Philadelphia: Jackson Collection - J70
Part of an album of "Philadelphia Views."
Subject Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia.
Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Kensington (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bd 61 P 53 #88, p. 27