Details
Creator Wm. Endicott & Co.
Title The Floating Church of the Redeemer, Philadelphia. Built by Clement L. Dennington of New York for the Churchmen's Missionary Association for Seamen. [graphic] / C. L. Dennington, archt and builder N. York.
Publisher New York: Lith. and printed in colors by Wm. endicott & Co
Date [ca. 1853]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 61 x 45 cm.(24.5 x 18 in.)
Description View of the floating Episcopal church built 1849 after the designs of Dennington. Shows the church on pontoons in the Delaware harbor. A flag inscribed "Bethel" adorns the church steeple and parishioners, including a woman, stand on the deck and within the church entrance. A steamboat, rowboat, and docked ships are visible in the background. Also includes the names of the members of the building committee in the lower right corner. The church moored at the foot of Dock Street until reconsecrated to a New Jersey parish in 1853 and placed on a brick foundation. Building burned 1868.
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
POS 265
LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #73.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject Floating Church of the Redeemer (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Episcopal churches -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.).
Boats -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.).
Genre Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
Associated name Dennington, Clement L., architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **BW - Religion [P.9865]
Accession number P.9865