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Ruins of St. Augustines Church North 4th Street Phila. [graphic] : Destroyed by a mob on the evening of the 8th of May 1844. / L.F.
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Contributor
Fagan, Douglas Fitzmaurice, architect.
Printer Cunningham, J., distributor.
Title
Ruins of St. Augustines Church North 4th Street Phila. [graphic] : Destroyed by a mob on the evening of the 8th of May 1844. / L.F.
Publisher
Philadelphia: Sold by Mr. J. Cunningham 104. S. 3rd St
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1844
Date
1844
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph; 28 x 39 cm. (11 x 15.5 in.)
Description
View showing the ruins of the Catholic church, at 260-262 North Fourth Street, destroyed by fire during the Nativist Riots of May 1844. Behind a stone and iron work fence, the damaged outer walls remain standing of the church that was built in 1801 after the designs of Douglas Fitzmaurice Fagan. On the sidewalk, pedestrians, including a pair of men and women and a couple, walk past, point, and discuss the ruins. Also shows another woman facing away from the destroyed church and a dog walking near the pair of men. The congregation formed in 1796 under Father Matthew J. Carr to serve the large German and Irish immigrant community residing in the northern sections of the city. The May riots (May 6-8, 1844) began during a confrontation between Irish-Catholics and participants of an American Nativist Party rally held in the Irish neighborhood of Kensington.
Is referenced by
Wainwright 322
Notes
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 666
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Subject
St. Augustine's (Church : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Nativism.
Anti-Catholicism -- United States.
Ruins -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Catholic churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Fourth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 260-262.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Associated name
Fagan, Douglas Fitzmaurice, architect.
Associated name
Printer Cunningham, J., distributor.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *W322 [P.2182]
Accession number
P.2182
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