Details
Contributor Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813 printer.
Hoxie, S.K., builder.
Lukens & Hutchinson, builder.
Keys, William, builder.
Leiper, John C., builder.
Rice, John, builder.
Title Elevation plan of Granite St. buildings and those connecting with Walnut, Dock and Front Streets. [graphic] / Drawn for J. Godley Esq. at A. Kollner's lithy. N.E. cor. of 2d. & Dock St.
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1853
Date 1853
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; 74 x 108 cm. (29.5 x 43 in.)
Description Depicts three rows of elevations showing the basic architectural stylings of the twenty-three distinct Granite Street properties constructed by John Rice for Jesse Godley between 1849 and 1853. The first two rows show the front elevations of the north and south sides of Granite Street extending from Front to Dock Streets (100-127 Granite Street). The third row shows the east and west side elevations of Granite Street, including the underground storage vaults below the street and the front elevations of properties facing Front, Dock and Walnut Streets (200 block of South Front Street; 137-143 Dock Street; 100 block of Walnut Street). The plans include pre-consolidation property numbers; notes about properties that extend, and are accessible, from both Granite Street and Front, Walnut and Dock Streets; and pedestrian traffic, including laborers rolling barrels on the sidewalk, horse-drawn carts, and men and women walking on the sidewalks. Godley financed the "Granite Street Improvements" in anticipation of an increase in trade that the Central Railroad would bring to the area. Builders include John Rice, stone masons Lukens & Hutchinson, brick workers George R. Creely, and granite workers S.K. Hoxie, John C. Leiper, and William Keys. The innovative granite-covered storage vaults, twenty-four feet wide by three-hundred twenty-five feet long, were built under the street with a brick-arch arcade and for the joint use of tenants. The properties and vault were demolished in 1960.
Is referenced by Wainwright 108
Notes Scale: 1/8 of an inch to the foot.
Accompanied by the "Ground plan of Granite St. buildings, with the vault underneath the street" [P.8970.20].
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 204
Construction described in North American, December 12, 1850.
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Subject Godley, Jesse.
Stores & shops -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Warehouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Vaults (Architecture) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Granite Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 100-127.
Front Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 200 block -- east side.
Dock Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 137-143.
Walnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 100 block -- south side.
Genre Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
Elevations -- 1850-1860.
Plans -- 1850-1860.
Associated name Hoxie, S.K., builder.
Associated name Keys, William, builder.
Associated name Leiper, John C., builder.
Associated name Rice, John, builder.
Associated name Lukens & Hutchinson, builder.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| ***W108 [P.2065]
Accession number P.2065