Location: Fourth St. above Market St., LCP copy lacking title., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Built 1837 based on designs by William Strickland. Burned 1966.
Creator
Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846 lithographer., creator
Date
1838.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W234.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W234 [P.2104]
Advertisement showing the front facade of the five-story hotel with balcony built 1837 after the designs of William Strickland. The name of the proprietor "Sanderson," i.e., Joseph M. Sanderson, adorns the entranceway. Also shows the hat shop of Lazel Elmes tenanting the building later renumbered to 40-50 North Fourth Street. A display of hats adorns the doorway to the shop. Merchant's Hotel was a premier early 19th-century hotel visited by several presidents and used as James Buchanan’s presidential campaign headquarters in 1856. The building was razed by fire in 1966., Title from Poulson inscription on recto: No. 38 north Fourth St., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 471, LCP copy trimmed and lacking title., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Creator
Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date
[ca. 1838]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W234 [P.2104]
Built 1837 based on designs by William Strickland. Burned 1966., Depicts businesses along the west side of north Fourth Street looking south toward Market Street including the Merchants' Hotel (40-50 North Fourth Street); J. W. Gibbs & Co., merchant (32 North Fourth Street); Hogan & Thompson, booksellers and stationers (30 North Fourth Street); Trotter Co., dry goods store (28 North Fourth Street) and H. During, unidentified business (22 North Fourth Street). Also includes busy pedestrian traffic with horse drawn carriages., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., LCP AR (Annual Report) 1975, p. 6-11.
Creator
Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist
Date
ca. 1880
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Evans watercolors [P.2298.39], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/evans/files/plc039.html
