Details
Title Princeton Presbyterian Church, Phila. [graphic] / Drawn from nature and on stone by [Elliott?]
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Date [ca. 1860]
Physical Description 1 print: chromolithograph mounted on paper; 64 x 46 cm. (25.25 x 18.25 in.)
Description Exterior view showing the greenstone church built 1858-1860 at 39th Street (i.e., Saunders Avenue) and Powelton Avenue in West Philadelphia. An iron fence surrounds the church and trees line the sidewalk in front of the sanctuary. A lot of land and a grove of trees flank the property. Exiting parishioners are visible in the doorway and individuals greet and converse with one another on the sidewalk as a horse-drawn buggy rushes past in the street. A new church building was completed on the site in 1876. Congregation organized October 1855.
Is referenced by Wainwright. 300
Notes Manuscript note on recto: 39th & Powelton Ave.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 627
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 136 P 957
Subject Princeton Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Presbyterian churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject West Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1850-1860.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bc 136 P 957