Details
Creator Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884, artist.
Contributor Rosenthal, L.N. (Louis N.), printer.
Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884, architect.
Title Front elevation. [graphic] / Design XII. Plate 56., Sam'l Sloan, archt.
Publisher Philadelphia : L.N. Rosenthal lith
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1867
Date [ca. 1867]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph, tinted with two stones ; 35 x 25 cm. (14 x 10 in.)
Description Exterior view of Bennett's Tower Hall, the four-story, tower-shaped clothing store at 518 Market Street altered by architect Samuel Sloan circa 1867. Includes partial, faded view of adjacent properties. Col. Joseph M. Bennett (1816-1898) established his business, which he named Tower Hall in 1853, at the address in 1849. He was a successful businessman who used his wealth for philanthropic pursuits including the establishment of a Methodist orphanage and the bequest of West Philadelphia properties to the University of Pennsylvania in support of women's education.
Is referenced by Wainwright 25
Notes Date assigned by cataloger.
Published in Samuel Sloan's City and Suburban Architecture (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1867), plate 56, design XII for a mercantile building in the Norman style.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 288
Free Library of Philadelphia: 724.3 SL52C
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Subject Joseph M. Bennett & Co.
Clothing stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 518.
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1860-1870.
Book illustrations -- 1860-1870.
Elevations -- 1860-1870.
Architectural drawings -- 1860-1870.
Associated name Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| W25 [*Am 1867 Sloan 7883.F.56]
Accession number 7883.F.56