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The Keene Mansion and Franklin Market
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Frank H. Taylor Illustration Collection
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Creator
Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927
Title
The Keene Mansion and Franklin Market
Date
ca. 1922
Description
Depicts a three-story brick residence on the corner of Eleventh and Chestnut Streets. Adjacent is a busy market building with people and horse-drawn carriages in front.
Notes
A Scotch carpenter, John Fimeton, began the rearing of this fine residence at the northwest corner of Tenth and Chestnut Streets in 1790. His widow, a daughter of John Hart, one of the signers of the "Declaration," sold the partly built structure to Colonel Peter L. Berry, who in turn sold it to David Lenox in 1815. The greater part of the estate of the widow, Lucy Lenox, was willed to her niece, Sallie Lukens Keene, daughter of Genral Lawrence Keene, who served in the Revolution. Succeeding members of the family, including the wife of Coloner S.B. Wylie Mitchell, sold the property to the Mutual Life Insurance Company, who built here in 1874, the first modern office structure in the city. The Franklin Market, upon Tenth Street, was built in 1860. The enterprise was not profitable and the building was sold to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in 1867. Two years later the Mercantile Library Company purchased and altered the structure to suit its purpose. The statue of Franklin, which long adorned the front, now occupies a similar place at the Ledger Building.
Taylor Catalog Number: 34
Is part of
Frank H. Taylor Collection
Identifier
Taylor - Case 3-13 [2717.F]
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Frank H. Taylor Illustration Collection
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