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Commissioners Hall, Spring Garden [graphic] / C Kuc[hel; printed by P.S. Duval]
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Creator
Kuchel, Charles Conrad, b. 1820, artist.
Contributor
Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 5-1886, printer.
Henderson, John N., publisher.
Berger, Jacob builder.
Johnston, William L., 1811-1849, architect.
Tyson, T.
Title
Commissioners Hall, Spring Garden [graphic] / C Kuc[hel; printed by P.S. Duval]
Publisher
Philadelphia: Published by John N. Henderson
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1851
Date
[1851]
Physical Description
1 print: chromolithograph mounted on cardboard; 45 x 60 cm.(18 x 24 in.)
Description
Exterior view of the hall containing the district's police station and Mayor's office completed in 1848 after the designs of William L. Johnston at Spring Garden and North Thirteenth streets. Shows the Greek-Revival style building, the largest of the commissioners' halls buildings, adorned with an American flag and including a steeple built by Jacob Berger with a clock made by T. Tyson. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including strolling couples, a man on horseback, and a horse-drawn street car. Prior to the city's consolidation with bordering townships in 1854, neighborhoods maintained and housed their own police stations, mayors, and other government officials in commissioners' halls, including Spring Garden. Razed circa 1892.
Is referenced by
Wainwright 80
Notes
Names of artists and date supplied by Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 152
Gift of David Doret.
Subject
Commissioners' Hall (Spring Garden, Philadelphia, Pa.)
City & town halls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Police stations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Spring Garden Street (Philadephia, Pa.) -- 1300 block.
Genre
Chromolithographs -- 1850-1860.
Associated name
Berger, Jacob builder.
Associated name
Johnston, William L., 1811-1849, architect.
Associated name
Tyson, T.
Printer
Henderson, John N., publisher.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **W 80 [P.2004.41.1]
Accession number
P.2004.41.1
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