Exterior view of the second church completed in 1830 for the Baptist congregation at 6305 Ridge Avenue. Includes the church cemetery protected with a post and rail fence in the foreground. Barren trees surround the church. Congregation organized in 1789 from Roxborough congregants of the First Baptist Church in Philadelphia. The church building was enlarged in 1832 and 1846., Title supplied by cataloguer., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 663, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 13 R 887
Date
[ca. 1859]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 13 R 887
Exterior view of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1758-1761 after the designs of Robert Smith at 300-340 Pine Street. Building includes the church tower and spire built in 1842 after the designs of William Strickland. Also shows the church burial ground in the foreground., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 829, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 132 Sa 25b, Inscribed on verso: Presented by Mrs. John C. Browne, Oct. 10, 1918.
Creator
Smith, R. S. (Richard Somers), 1813-1877, artist
Date
[1842]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 132 Sa 25b
Exterior view showing the Gothic-style Episcopal church built in 1832 at St. David's and Dupont streets. Headstones are visible in the adjacent church graveyard. Also shows a solitary headstone under a tree in the right foreground. A picket fence surrounds the property. The building was enlarged in 1857 and destroyed by fire in 1879. Church was rebuilt in 1880. The congregation, established in 1831, was formed from immigrant mill workers working in the burgeoning textile industry that was developing along the Schuylkill River above Philadelphia., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 707, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 132 S 1363
Date
[ca. 1840]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 132 S 1363
View looking south from the rural cemetery established near the Schuylkill River valley in 1869 at 227 Belmont Avenue in Bala Cynwd. Shows a couple seated at a path. Behind them stand a small cluster of monuments in a meadow surrounded by trees that overlooks the river. The Girard Avenue and New York Connecting Railway bridges are visible in the distant background., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 783, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 631 La 373, The Kellogg firm, founded by Daniel Wright Kellogg in 1830, was reorganized as Kellogg & Bulkeley in 1871 when General William Henry Bulkeley joined the company.
Date
[ca. 1871]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 631 La 373
