Details
Contributor Packard & Butler, printer.
Title St. Francis Xavier's Church. Philadelphia, Penna. [graphic] : Rev. James Maginn, Pastor.
Publisher Philadelphia : Packard & Butler, lith
Date [ca. 1880]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph.
Description View showing the Roman Catholic church at Twenty-fifth and Biddle Streets (i.e., Buttonwood Street) below the Fairmount Waterworks Basin in Fairmount. Church contains a dome and bell tower. Also shows an adjacent four-story rectory building, convent, or school. Building contains an attached covered shed. Trees line the church properties. Street and pedestrian traffic includes individuals crossing the street, strolling on the sidewalk, and a horse-drawn carriage with passengers. Rev. Maginn was appointed pastor in 1863. The church relocated to a new building at 24th and Green streets in 1898 with the Philadelphia Museum of Art erected at the prior location.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 232
PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Francis Xavier's Church
Subject St. Francis Xavier Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Roman Catholic churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Church schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fairmount (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Lithographs -- 1870-1880.
Location Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center.| Graphics Collection. | PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Francis Xavier's Church