Details
Creator W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Collins & Autenrieth, architect.
Sloan & Stewart, architect.
Title Grand Lodge Room, New Masonic Hall, Philadelphia [graphic] / Langenheim.
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1860
Date ca. 1860
Physical Description 1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description Interior of the Masonic Hall built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart at 713-721 Chestnut Street. Shows the north wall of the Grand Lodge Room constructed after the designs of Collins & Autenrieth. Includes statuary, carpeting, a chandelier, pews, and ornately decorated architectural elements. Hall razed by fire in 1886.
Notes Title printed on mount.
Photographer's imprint stamped on mount.
Buff mount with square corners.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Masonic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Interiors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Architectural decorations & ornaments -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 713-721.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1850-1860.
Stereographs -- 1850-1860.
Associated name Collins & Autenrieth, architect.
Associated name Sloan & Stewart, architect.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Langenheim - Associations [(8)1322.F.37f]
Accession number (8)1322.F.37f