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Title: Holy Trinity Church postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade of church built 1856-1859 by John Notman. George Hewitt Wattson added the tower in 1868. Includes a 1929 New Year's greeting from the church depicting an interior sketch of the nave and altar on recto and a poem by Gerald Massey on verso., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 1 in black and white., Sheet numbers: 50A03, 50A04 and 50B05., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: 1900-1930
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Rittenhouse Sq
Description: View of people sitting and standing around pool of water in Rittenhouse Square. People walk and another rides a bicycle in background. Holy Trinity Church visible beyond trees in background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 93 [P.8513.93], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson93.htm

Title: Holy Trinity Church at sunset (winter)
Description: Depicts silhouette of church and nearby trees against winter sky. Designed by architect John Notman, the church was built from 1856 to 1859., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Duplicate: P.8513.29: same neg., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 75 [P.8513.75], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson75.htm

Title: Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia
Description: Floor plan of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1856-1859 after the designs of John Notman at 200 South 19th Street. Includes the chancel; vestibules; towers; the center, South, and North galleries of pews; and a porch. Pews are printed with a row number, "value," "seats," and "rent." Values range from $1200 to $200 and pews 146 and 147 are annotated in ink: "3 for rent" and "1 for rent." In March 1859, an auction administered by M. Thomas & Sons was arranged by the vestry to raise funds to complete the construction of the church, particularly a steeple. The steeple was never completed., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 126, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., For a description of the auction and church, see Poulson's scrapbooks, vol. 1, pp. 46, 48 1/2, and 50.
Creator: Sinclair, Thomas S., ca. 1805-1881
Date: [ca. 1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Churches and Meeting Houses - Church of the Holy Trinity [(4)1322.F.74a]

Title: Church of the Holy Trinity, (Protestant Episcopal,) southwest corner of Walnut and Nineteenth Streets, Philadelphia
Description: Interior and exterior views of the Norman-style Protestant Episcopal church built 1856-1859 at 200 South 19th Street after the designs of John Notman. Views show the altar, baptismal fount, organ gallery, pews, and a stain-glass window. Images include rays of light beaming into the church; views of the northwest corner of Rittenhouse Square; idle drays in the street; neighboring buildings on the north side of the 1900 block of Walnut Street; and a partial view of the adjacent residence of photographer and engineer Fairman Rogers (later residence of Alexander J. Cassatt) built circa 1856 (202 S. 19th)., Contains four stereographic images mounted on paper, including four accompanied by publisher's labels describing church building and with manuscript titles on mount. Also contains two stereographic images, including one [(4)1322.F.73b] hand-colored, mounted on white paper mounts with square corners, one unmounted half stereographic print, and one carte-de-visite. Stereographic images accompanied by publisher's label. One image [1322.F.71c] attributed to John Moran., Seven of the images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., One of the images ((4)1322.F.72a) reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 40., Arcadia caption text: With the migration of upper middle-class Philadelphians west of Broad Street during the mid-19th century came the development of the Rittenhouse Square area. Built 1856-1859 at 200 South Nineteenth Street, Holy Trinity Church, photographed here in December 1860, housed the wealthiest congregation in the city. The northwest corner of Rittenhouse Square is visible in front of the Norman-style Episcopal church completed after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman.
Creator: McAllister & Brother
Date: December 1860, c1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.72(v);(4)1322.F.73b, P.9047.100], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McAllister & Bro. [(4)1322.F.71c; 72a; 73c-d], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - McAllister & Bro. [(4)1322.F.73dx]

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