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Hotel Lafayette. Situated on Broad St. betw. Chestnut & Walnut sts. Philadelphia Pennsylvania. [graphic] / JHW, del.; Jas. H. Windrim, archt.
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Contributor
Windrim, James H. (James Hamilton), 1840-1919, artist.
Theo. Leonhardt & Son, printer.
Windrim, James H. 1840-1919, architect.
Title
Hotel Lafayette. Situated on Broad St. betw. Chestnut & Walnut sts. Philadelphia Pennsylvania. [graphic] / JHW, del.; Jas. H. Windrim, archt.
Publisher
Philadelphia: Theo. Leonhardt & Son, lith
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1876
Date
1876
Physical Description
1 print: chromolithograph; 72 x 56 cm.(28.25 x 22 in.)
Description
View showing the section of the hotel expanded from the neighboring La Pierre House hotel originally built in 1853 after the designs of John McArthur Jr. A horse-drawn carriage passes on Sansom Street, individuals walk on the sidewalk in front of and enter the hotel, and a man on horseback is haulted at the intersection. Also shows the entrance to the "ladies restaurant", a neighboring building on Sansom Street, and a partial view of the original La Pierre House. An American flag adorns the roof of the building. Hotel was later altered throughout the 1890s after the designs of Cope and Stewardson.
Notes
Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 365
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject
Hotel Lafayette (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 100 block.
Genre
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Advertisements -- 1870-1880.
Printer
Windrim, James H. (James Hamilton), 1840-1919, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **BW - Hotels, Inns & Taverns [P.9001.7]
Accession number
P.9001.7
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