View showing the second building of the women's shelter built 1856-1861 after the designs of John M. Gries. Institution founded in 1772 by Dr. John Kearsley to aid indigent women who were members of the Protestant Episcopal Church, predominately clergymen's widows., Attributed to John Moran., Title from manuscript note on mount: Christ Church Hospital., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., 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.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date
ca. 1861
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Hospitals [(8)1322.F.9fx]
