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Lawyers' Row Upon Walnut Street West from Sixth Street
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Creator
Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927
Title
Lawyers' Row Upon Walnut Street West from Sixth Street
Date
ca. 1922
Description
Tree-lined street containing well-kept homes and lawyers' offices.
Notes
These structures, orignially built for residential purposes, housed, in later times, many noted attorneys. The Loganian Library was established upon the site in 1790, in which was deposited the valuable collection of rare books bequeathed to the Library Company of Philadelphia by Chief Justice James Logan, of Stenton. The small street extending northward to George or Sansom Street, was named in honor of George Swanwick, who bought the tract from the Gilpin and Fisher families in 1794. The small arched structure in the drawing gave access to the Ludwich Institute, and beneficence for the education of the boys established by Christopher Ludwich, a German cake baker, of Letitia Street, a friend of Washington and baker-general of the Revolutionary Army. It is worthy of mention that one of the journeymen employed in Ludwick's bakery was Frederick Fraley. Ludwick's home was in Germantown. He gave much of his savings to the Revolutionary cause. His legacy of $8000.00 was carefully fostered by the trustees, and some part of it is still administered. All of these buildings, as well as the substantial residences to the westward, in the same block, among them the homes of three of our mayors, were razed to be replaced by the great structure of the Curtis Publishing Company.
Taylor Catalog Number: 143
Is part of
Frank H. Taylor Collection
Identifier
Taylor - Case 2-4 [2717.F]
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Frank H. Taylor Illustration Collection
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