View showing the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company offices at 227 South Fourth Street during the construction of the 1871 addition designed by Collins & Autenrieth. The offices remained at the site from the time of original construction in 1850 (designs by John M. Gries) until 1893 and the completion of the new Philadelphia and Reading terminal at 12th and Market streets. Also shows construction materials including concrete blocks, bricks, and planks of wood laying in front of the office building and in the street., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1871
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Transportation [P.9260.84]
View looking south from Walnut Street showing the east side of the 200 block of Fourth Street, including the expanded Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company offices at 227 South 4th Street. The office building, originally built in 1850 after the designs of John M. Gries, was altered to include an addition in 1871 after the designs of Collins & Autenrieth. The railroad offices remained at the location until 1893. Also shows an adjacent tobacco store (211 Fourth) and a horse-drawn carriage traveling in the street., Title supplied by cataloguer., Orange mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on verso: Walnut & 4th St., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Streets [P.9047.45]
