Details
Creator Tholey, Charles P., d. 1898 artist.
Title The Burd Orphan Asylum of St. Stephen's Church. [graphic] / Drawn by Ch. P. Tholey.
Publisher Philadelphia: Bowen & Co. lith
Date 1862
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph with hand coloring; 15 x 23 cm. (5.75 x 9.25 in.)
Description Exterior view of the orphanage (constructed 1861-1863). Founded by Eliza H. Burd as an orphanage for girls under the management of St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church on Tenth Street in Philadelphia. Located near Cobbs Creek in Delaware County on the border of Philadelphia, the property is bounded by Walnut and Market Streets, and Powell and 63rd Streets.
Notes Published in George Smith's History of Delaware County (Philadelphia : Printed by Henry B. Ashmead, 1862) opp. 384.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 69
Subject Burd Orphan Asylum of St. Stephen's Church.
Episcopal Church -- Education -- Pennsylvania.
Orphanages -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County.
Girls -- Education.
Genre Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1860-1870.
Printer Bowen & Co., lithographer.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| BW - education - Burd [P.9210.9]
Accession number P.9210.9