Details
Creator Tholey, Charles P., d. 1898, artist.
Contributor Chillas, David, printer.
Friend & Aub, printer.
Hoxie, S.W., builder.
Sloan & Stewart, architect.
Simpson, John G., publisher.
Title The New Masonic Hall, Philadelphia. [graphic] / Tholey ; Lithy. of Friend & Aub, 80 Walnut St. Philad; Sloan & Stewart, Architects; S.K. Hoxie, Builder.
Publisher Philadelphia : Published by J.G. Simpson, 110 Sth. Second Street, [Printed by David Chillas, 50 S. 3rd St., Philad.]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1855
Date ca. 1855
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph, tinted with one stone ; 66 x 51 cm. (26.25 x 20.25 in.)
Description Exterior view showing the four-story Gothic-style hall built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart at 713-721 Chestnut Street. A small portion of the adjacent Washington House hotel signboard is visible (right). On the sidewalk, eleven pedestrians (men wearing top hats and canes, women with parasols, and a child wearing a wide-brimmed hat) greet one another, converse, stroll, and admire the building. Hall building sold circa 1873 following the completion of the new Masonic Temple on North Broad Street.
Is referenced by Wainwright 385
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
POS 501
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979 p. 43.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 05 T 451.
Subject Fraternal lodges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Masonic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 713-721.
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1850-1860.
Associated name Hoxie, S.W., builder.
Associated name Sloan & Stewart, architect.
Printer Simpson, John G., publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **W385 [P.8467]
Accession number P.8467