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Contributor Bourquin, F. (Frederick), b. 1808, printer.
Durang, Edwin Forrest, 1829-1911, architect.
Title Our Mother of Sorrows, Cathedral Cemetery W. Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia: F. Bourquin lith. 320 Chestnut St
Date [ca. 1868]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, color.
Description View showing the Roman Catholic Church (corner stone laid 1867, 4800-4814 Lancaster Avenue), and adjacent St. Johns Orphan Asylum (built circa 1852) at the east end of the Cathedral Cemetery. In the right of the image, the Gothic-style church stands next to the gated entrance with gatehouse to the cemetery. A small church outbuilding, trees and paths landscape the church grounds. On a hillside behind the church, the asylum is visible. Several children stroll and play under the presence of Sisters of St. Joseph on the tree-lined property. In the foreground, pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages and buggies travel on Lancaster Avenue. Also includes printed annotations for the "Cemetery Gate" and "48th St." Our Mother, built after the designs of Edwin Forest Durang, replaced St. Gregory's Church built on the site soon after the purchase of the land in 1849 by Bishop Francis Patrick Kenrick for the development of a cemetery and other Catholic institutions in West Philadelphia.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Copyright secured.
Date inferred from variant duplicate in the Print and Photograph Collection at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Inscribed in block letters below title: Original Plan - 1875.
Philadelphia on Stone
PAHRC: United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Our Mother
Subject Our Mother of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Cathedral Cemetery (Philadelphia, Pa.)
St. John’s Orphan Asylum (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Roman Catholic churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Orphanages -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Gatehouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject West Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Lithographs -- Color -- 1860-1870.
Associated name Durang, Edwin Forrest, 1829-1911, architect.
Location Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center.| Graphics Collection. | PAHRC United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Our Mother