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St. George Society club house. [graphic] / James Cremer, photographer and publisher, 18 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia.
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Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893.
Contributor
Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect.
Title
St. George Society club house. [graphic] / James Cremer, photographer and publisher, 18 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia.
Publisher
Philadelphia : James Cremer
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1876
Date
[ca. 1876]
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 10 x 18 cm. (4 x 7 in.)
Description
View looking south at the front elevation of the residence built in 1835 after designs by Thomas Walter Ustick for railroad executive Matthew Newkirk at the southwest corner of Thirteenth and Arch streets. Shows the building before it was physically converted to the headquarters of the Society of the Sons of St. George in 1876, which included adding a third floor and a statue of St. George slaying the dragon over the front portico. Also includes a horse-drawn coach traveling west on Arch Street in the foreground and trolley tracks in the cobblestone street. Also known as St. George's Hall, the building was demolished circa 1903, after the society moved to 19th and Arch Streets.
Notes
Title from manuscript note on verso.
Printed on mount: Arch Street, Philadelphia.
Yellow mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Subject
Newkirk, Matthew, 1794-1868 -- Homes and haunts.
Society of the Sons of St. George.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Social & civic facilities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Arch Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1300.
Genre
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Associated name
Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Cremer - Associations [P.9047.84]
Accession number
P.9047.84
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