Details
Creator Hoxie & Button, artist.
Contributor Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.
Hoxie & Button, architect.
Title Hibernia Engine House [graphic] / Drawn by Hoxie & Button.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1850
Date [ca. 1850]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 20 x 9 cm (7.75 x 3.5 in.)
Description Front elevation of the proposed marble fronted fire station for the Hibernia Engine Company. Building adorned with lettering "Hibernia" above the frieze and date marker "1752" (i.e., the founding date of the volunteer company).
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 352
Originally part of Charles A. Poulson's scrapbook of illustrations of Philadelphia.
Biographical / historical note Hoxie & Button was a partnership between two Philadelphia architects, Joseph C. Hoxie and his brother-in-law Stephen Decatur Button that lasted 1848-1852. They also designed the Hope Engine Company building in Moyamensing in 1851.
Subject Hibernia Engine Company (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Fire stations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Elevations -- 1840-1850.
Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Associated name Hoxie & Button, architect.
Provenance Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| BW - Fires and fire fighting [(2)1525.F.12h]
Accession number (2)1525.F.12h