View showing the estate of the Philadelphia industrialist, Matthias W. Baldwin, located at Comly and State roads in the Wissinoming section of Philadelphia. Trees surround a three story Italianate-style residence with an open verandah extending along the entire front facade. The estate was originally built as a country residence for Baldwinin the 1850s. After his death, the building served as a mental hospital and later as a residential institution for elderly women. The building was destroyed in a 1954 fire., Gift of David Doret., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 874
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Residences [P.2010.6.24]
