Details
Contributor Packard & Butler, printer.
Title Church of Our Lady of Consolation. Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic] : In charge of the Augustinian Fathers.
Publisher Philadelphia: Packard & Butler, lith
Date [ca. 1885]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted with one stone.
Description Certificate containing an exterior view of the Roman Catholic church, also known as St. Mary's Lady of Consolation Church, and later Our Mother of Consolation Church, built in 1855 at 7-25 East Chestnut Hill Avenue. Church contains the Gothic spire built in 1885. A Victorian-style residence stands adjacent to the church and an iron-work fence bordered by bushes line the properties. A man enters the church building while nearby a lady walks across the path in the sidewalk, which leads to the church yard. In the street, a horse-drawn buggy travels. On the opposite sidewalk, a gentleman on a stroll walks in the direction of two young men, one carrying a basket on his arm. Also shows a street lamp. The church, founded in 1855, was built with funding from founding parishioner Joseph Middleton.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 32
PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Our Lady of Consolation
To request a reproduction of this print, please contact the Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center (PAHRC), 100 E. Wynnewood, Wynnewood, PA 19096, pahrc89@gmail.com.
Subject Church of Our Lady of Consolation (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Catholic churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1880-1890.
Certificates -- 1880-1890.
Location Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center.| Graphics Collection. | PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Our Lady of Consolation
Accession number PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Our Lady of Consolation