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Title: Independent Church Dr. Chambers, Broad and George St
Description: Exterior view of the First Independent Church, later renamed Chambers Presbyterian Church, built 1831, altered 1853 at the northeast corner of Broad and Sansom streets. Also shows adjacent buildings. Front facade altered with a portico. Church housed the independent congregation of Rev. John Chambers. Congregation admitted to the Presbytery in 1873., Title, date, and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Manuscript note on mount: See page 91., McClees 1855-16., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 4, page 81. The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Churches and meetinghouses [(4)2526.F.2]

Title: Rev. Newberry's Church (Presbytery) 22d & Mount Vernon sts July 1858
Description: Exterior view of the church also known as Olivet Presbyterian chapel, later Olivet Covenant Presbyterian Church beside a grassy lot. Includes surrounding buildings. Also shows the sidewalk in front of the church lined with trees and a gas street lamp., Title from maunscript note on recto., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: [July 1858?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Churches and Meetinghouses - U [(6)1322.F.176b]

Title: Wylie Memorial Church, Broad & Spruce streets, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view showing the third building of the First Reformed Presbyterian Church (i.e. Wylie Memorial Church) erected in 1854 on the 300 block of Broad Street after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. Also shows partial views of adjacent buildings, including a wood shack adorned with broadsides. Congregation organized in 1798. Church renamed in the early 1890s for long-term pastors T.W.J. Wylie and Samuel Wylie., Title from manuscript note on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry. edited., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Churches and Meetinghouses - F [4)1322.F.41a]

Title: [St. Clement's Protestant Episcopal Church, southwest corner of 20th and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia]
Description: View of south and east facades of Romanesque Revival church featuring tower and aspe. Church property slightly elevated from sidewalk level and delineated by stone and iron fence. Church constructed between 1855 and 1859 after designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman., Publisher's imprint and series title printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - De Young - Religion [P.9260.4]

Title: Olivet Presby. Church, 22nd and Mount Vernon Sts
Description: Exterior view of the east and south elevations of the church constructed 1855 at the northwest corner of Twenty-second and Mt. Vernon Streets. Parts of the church are covered in ivy and trees and lampposts line the sidewalk in the foreground., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Religion [P.9260.43]

Title: [St. Joseph's Sunday School and Church, 321-327 Willings Alley, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view of two church entrances, one to Sunday School, the other to the church., 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 15 [P.8513.15], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson15.htm

Title: [St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 1625 Locust Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view showing a section of the Episcopal church built 1848-1851 after the designs of John Notman at 1607-1627 Locust Street. View includes an ironwork fence in the foreground., Title supplied by cataloguer., Buff paper mount with square corners., Name of photographer from manuscript note on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Religion [1322.F.90a]

Title: St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Locust St., above 16th, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view showing the Episcopal church built 1848-1851 after the designs of John Notman at 1607-1627 Locust Street. Includes a partial view of the church tower., Title from label pasted on mount., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Religion [(4)1322.F.91b]

Title: St. Luke's Church, Germantown, Pa
Description: Exterior view of the Episcopal church built 1875-1876 at 5411-5421 Germantown Avenue for the congregation founded in 1811. Includes three visitors on the pathway to the church., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 670, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Religion - S [(4)1322.F.89]

Title: St Paul's Church, east side of Third Street, opposite Willing's Alley
Description: View showing the front facade of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1760-1761 by Robert Smith after the designs of John Palmer at 221-231 South 3rd Street. Includes two boys standing near an ironwork gate in front of the church and a partial view of an adjacent building., Tile and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 123. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reaccessioned as 8339.F.8., Select link below for a digital image.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: April 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Churches and Meetinghouses - S [(3)2526.F.123(Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/8339f8.jpg

Title: St. Rita's R.C. Church. Broad and Ellsworth Sts
Description: Depicts exterior facade of St. Rita's of Cascia Roman Catholic Church at 1154-1162 S. Broad Street taken from east side of Broad St. with two groups of people gathered on the front steps and sidewalk. Includes dramatic columned entrance. Designed by architect George Ignatius Lovatt, Sr., building was built c. 1907., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: A good type of Italian architecture. This church is in one of the Italian sections of the city. Italian Renaissance. (Get more data)., 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 127 [P.8513.127], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson127.htm

Title: Plan. Church of the Epiphany
Description: Floor plan of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1833-1834 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter at 1501-1515 Chestnut Street. Shows the chancel and 170 pews. Pews printed with a row number, "value," "seats," and "sittings." Values range from $150 to $500. Several pews are also printed with the names of pew owners. Pew owners include McAllister, Norris, Ashhurst, Van Pelt, Stokes, Biddle, and Wetherill., Printed below title: Note. The above are prices per sitting to Pew Owners. To renters will be added the interest on the value of the Pew at 6% per annum. Pews without names are held by the church unsold., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 604, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Chuches and Meeting Houses - Church of the Epiphany [(4)1322.F.70]

Title: Third Reformed Dutch Church, n.e. corner of Tenth and Filbert streets, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view showing the Doric-style church built 1835-1840 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter on the 900 block of Filbert Street. View also includes a horse-drawn dray., Stereograph on pale yellow paper mount with square corners. Paper backing pasted on verso., Title from accompanying publisher's label describing the church and listing the pastors., Manuscript note on mount: 3rd Reformed Dutch Church., Possibly by Philadelphia photographer John Moran., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
Creator: McAllister & Brother
Date: c1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(5)1322.F.46a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [1322.F.29b]

Title: Third Reformed Dutch Church, n.e. corner of Tenth and Filbert streets, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view showing the Doric-style church built 1835-1840 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter on the 900 block of Filbert Street. View also includes a horse-drawn dray., Stereograph on pale yellow paper mount with square corners. Paper backing pasted on verso., Title from accompanying publisher's label describing the church and listing the pastors., Manuscript note on mount: 3rd Reformed Dutch Church., Possibly by Philadelphia photographer John Moran., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
Creator: McAllister & Brother
Date: c1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(5)1322.F.46a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [1322.F.29b]

Title: West Arch Street Presbyterian Church, 18th & Arch St., Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view showing the church also known as Arch Street Presbyterian Church built by Joseph DeNegre in 1855 after the designs of Joseph C. Hoxie at 1726-1732 Arch Street. Also includes the rear facades of adjacent buildings., Attributed to John Moran., Title from label pasted on mount on stereograph., Stereograph on pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Religion [(4)1322.F.45b]

Title: Interior of the upper chamber or hall of the Moravian Church, of 1742
Description: Interior view showing the "The Hall" in the attic of the first Moravian church building in Philadephia built 1742-1743, and expanded in 1746 for the followers of Count Zinzendorf, a Bishop of the Moravian Church. Shows the organ in the southeast corner, dormer windows on the east and west sides of the room, six rows of benches, the minister's table and chair, and a chandelier suspended from the ceiling in the middle of the room. This upper chamber was used primarily for evening services. The church building, which was expanded and a parsonnage added, housed the congregation until 1819 and the erection of a new sanctuary., Published in Abraham Ritter’s History of the Moravian Church in Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Published by Hayes & Zell, 1857), opposite page 68. [LCP Am 1857 Rit, 75004.0], Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 384, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 138 M 797a
Date: [1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Churches & Meetinghouses [P.9830.20], Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 138 M 797a

Title: Interior of the upper chamber or hall of the Moravian Church, of 1742
Description: Interior view showing the "The Hall" in the attic of the first Moravian church building in Philadephia built 1742-1743, and expanded in 1746 for the followers of Count Zinzendorf, a Bishop of the Moravian Church. Shows the organ in the southeast corner, dormer windows on the east and west sides of the room, six rows of benches, the minister's table and chair, and a chandelier suspended from the ceiling in the middle of the room. This upper chamber was used primarily for evening services. The church building, which was expanded and a parsonnage added, housed the congregation until 1819 and the erection of a new sanctuary., Published in Abraham Ritter’s History of the Moravian Church in Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Published by Hayes & Zell, 1857), opposite page 68. [LCP Am 1857 Rit, 75004.0], Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 384, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 138 M 797a
Date: [1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Churches & Meetinghouses [P.9830.20], Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 138 M 797a

Title: [Pine Street Church. Built A.D. 1764. Remodeled 1857]
Description: Proof of an exterior view showing the remodeled Third Presbyterian Church also known as Old Pine Street Church, originally built 1766-1768 after the designs of Robert Smith, at 400-416 South 4th Street. Columns on pediments adorn the front of the building and an iron-wrought fence protects the church property. Church remodeled from a meeting house to a Greek-style temple in 1857 after the designs of John Fraser., Title and name of printer from published copy of print in the collections of the Free Library of Philadelphia., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 602, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 136 T 445c, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 23:24 [published copy]
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 136 T 445c

Title: Pine Street Church. Built A.D. 1764. Remodeled 1857
Description: Exterior view showing the remodeled Third Presbyterian Church also known as Old Pine Street Church, originally built 1766-1768 after the designs of Robert Smith, at 400-416 South 4th Street. Columns on pediments adorn the front of the building and an iron-wrought fence protects the church property. Church remodeled from a meeting house to a Greek-style temple in 1857 after the designs of John Fraser., pdcc00002, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 23:24, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 136 T 445c [proof copy]
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 23:24

Title: Tabernacle Baptist Church, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the church built 1853 after the designs of William Boyington on the 1800 block of Chestnut Street. Church contains a tower and spire. A few pedestrians walk on the sidewalk in front of the building that is surrounded by a wrought iron fence. Trees adorn the church grounds. The church, razed in 1900, was the only Baptist church situated west of Broad Street when completed., pdcc00011, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 23:62
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 23:62

Title: Calvary Church, Manheim St. Germantown
Description: View predominately showing the side elevation of the rustic Episcopal church consecrated in 1859 at Pulaski Avenue and Manheim Street. The architecture includes cross-crowned porches, buttresses, and a bell tower adorned by a cross. Trees cover the surrounding grounds. A woman holding a parasol, and a man with a child approach the church entrance. A flock of birds is visible in the sky. Building razed to foundation in 1891., pdcc00029, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 28:37, Sidney & Adams operated as a partnership 1859-1860.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 28:37

Title: St. James Catholic Church West_Philadephia in progress of erection for Rev. J. V. O'Keeffe
Description: Exterior view of the church, also known as St. James the Greater, built 1850-1852 at 3728 Chestnut Street. Includes a church tower never completed on the final structure. Demolished in 1881., Title printed on mount., Inscribed on verso: Catholic., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 708, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 131 Sa 23a
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1851]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 131 Sa 23a

Title: A Sunday morning view of the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas in Philadelphia._ Taken in June 1829
Description: Busy street scene showing elegantly-dressed African American parishioners of all ages entering the first African Episcopal church in the United States at the corner of Fifth and Adelphi (i.e. Saint James) streets. Includes a date stone in the eave of the church that reads "The African Church MDCCXCIII." Also shows a man leading a horse near the rear of the building. The church was established in 1794 by the religious and beneficent organization, the Free African Society, as a result of the discriminatory practices of the city’s congregations. Absalom Jones, a freed slave, became rector of the church in 1796 and remained as its minister until his death in 1818., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 729, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 862 B 756 #44, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 28:26, trimmed, staining.
Creator: Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
Date: 1829
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 862 B 756 #44

Title: [Fifth Baptist Church]
Description: Unfinished proof showing an interior view of the Baptist church during a baptism. Parishioners fill the pews and balconies. The men, women, and children look toward a small group of individuals as they stand in front of the pulpit before they proceed to the baptismal well in the center of the church. Many of the women wear ornate bonnets. Incomplete depictions include the well and parishioners. The church, organized by Dr. William Staughton, was built 1811-1812 after the designs of Robert Mills on the 800 block of Sansom Street., Title supplied by Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 248, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 13 F 527
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 13 F 527

Title: Church of the Resurrection. Rising Sun Village. Revd. Thos. J. Davis, rector
Description: View showing the small stone Protestant Episcopal church built in 1853 on North Broad and Tioga streets. Fenced pasture land surrounds the building. Congregation was organized under Rev. Thomas J. Davis in 1849., Title annotated with pencil inscription: Phila Pa., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 128, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 132 K 952
Creator: Kuchel, Charles Conrad, b. 1820, artist
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 132 K 952

Title: The old First Independent Church corner Broad and Sansom streets. Rev. John Chambers, pastor
Description: Exterior view of the First Independent Church, later renamed Chambers Presbyterian Church, built 1831 at the northeast corner of Broad and Sansom streets. Also shows a partial view of an adjacent building and pedestrian traffic. Pedestrians include a man with a cane, a woman with a parasol, and two men greeting one another. Church housed the independent congregation of Rev. John Chambers. Congregation admitted to the Presbytery in 1873., Inscribed on the mount: In March of 1830, the cornerstone was laid. In June of 1831, the Church was opened for religious worship. In April, 1853, the Church was enlarged by an extension Eastward of Fifteen feet and the erection of a portico in front. This picture is undoubtedly the church that commenced in March, 1830, and first opened for worship in June, 1831., Title from label taped on verso. Label annotated: North East corner., Inscribed on verso: Gift of Gladywn Hill Library 11-9-62., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 524, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 136 C 356
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 136 C 356

Title: First Presbyterian Church, Southwark, Phila
Description: Exterior view of the church built 1857-1859 after the designs of Samuel Sloan at German Street below Third Street. Church includes two small and a large spire. Also shows an obelisk behind the church in the background., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 261, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 136 S 728
Date: [ca. 1859]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 136 S 728

Title: Second Presbyterian Church, city of Philada. Founded 1750. Enlarged 1809
Description: View showing the church built 1749 after the designs of Robert Smith at the northwest corner of North Third and Arch streets. Also shows pedestrian traffic, including two strolling women and three men conversing at the corner. Church was demolished 1837-1838 following the relocation of the congregation., Letter "s" printed backward in artist's imprint., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 687, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 862 B 756 #46, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 23:28., Upper left corner torn.
Creator: Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
Date: 1830
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 862 B 756 #46

Title: First Baptist Church, Nicetown, Pa Rev. J. M. Richards, pastor
Description: Exterior view of the Nicetown Baptist Church at Bruner and Nicetown Lane. Shows parishioners, including men, women, and children approaching and entering the church from the sidewalk. An ornate fence surrounds the building., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 256, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 13 N 592
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 13 N 592

Title: [First Reformed Presbyterian Church, Broad Street between Spruce and Pine streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view showing the building of the First Reformed Presbyterian Church (i.e. Wylie Memorial Church) erected in 1854 on the 300 block of Broad Street after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. Pedestrian traffic, including a couple on promenade, walk in front and in the courtyard beside the church. Congregation organized in 1798. Church renamed in the early 1890s for long-term pastors T.W.J. Wylie and Samuel Wylie., Title supplied by cataloguer., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 262, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 136 C 445, Library Company of Philadelphia copy, gift of David Doret, and acquired after completion of Philadelphia on Stone project. Digital image is copy at Historical Society of Pennsylvania., Trimmed.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 136 C 445, Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Prints [P.2018.63.6]

Title: Christ Church Germantown Phila
Description: Exterior view showing the Episcopal church later known as Christ Church & St. Michael's, originally built 1854-1856, at 29 West Tulpehocken Street. Also shows an adjacent white-stone residence with porch and street and pedestrian traffic. Traffic includes a horse-drawn cart, ladies on promenade, and a man strolling with a young girl who holds his hand. Building was destroyed by a hurricane in 1878 and rebuilt in 1880., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 118, Library of Congress: DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Christ Church, Stephen C. Duval became a partner his father's lithograph firm in 1857.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Christ Church

Title: St. Augustine's Church
Description: Exterior view showing the Romanesque-style Catholic church built in 1801 after the designs of Douglas Fitzmaurice Fagan at 260-262 North Fourth Street. Includes the tower built in 1829 after the designs of William Strickland. Several parishioners, including men, women, and children, congregate in small clusters on the sidewalk in front of the church. Also shows the adjacent church courtyard protected by a stone wall and surrounding buildings, including one with an awning. The congregation formed in 1796 under Father Matthew J. Carr to serve the large German and Irish immigrant community residing in the northern sections of the city. The church was razed during the Nativist Riots of May 1844., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 705, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 131 S 133, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 22:27, lacking imprint.
Creator: Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist
Date: 1830
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Ba 131 S 133

Title: St. Mark's Church Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the Gothic-style Episcopal church built 1848-1851 after the designs of John Notman at 1607-1627 Locust Street. A woman and child enter the sanctuary and a couple and gentleman walk on the sidewalk. Also shows a partial view of the adjacent parsonage., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 712, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 132 S 146
Creator: Mackintosh, Roy, artist
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 132 S 146

Title: St. Clement's Church. Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view showing the Romanesque Revival style Episcopal church, including a never completed tower, built 1855-1859 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman at 2000-2030 Cherry Street. A man climbs the steps to the entrance of the building, a couple walks nearby on the sidewalk, and a woman crosses the street near a handsome horse-drawn carriage transporting passengers. Trees and ironwork fencing surround the church., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 706, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 132 S 136
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 132 S 136

Title: St. Alphonsu's[sic] Church. Philadelphia
Description: Certificate containing view showing St. Alphonsus, the Roman Catholic church completed circa 1865 after the designs of Napoleon Le Brun, at 4th and Reed streets (1400-1402 S. 4th) in South Philadelphia. A man passes the rectory located at the rear of the church. A parishioner descends the steps of the church. Also shows a neighboring townhouse and two other gentlemen walking on the sidewalk and in the street., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 228, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 131 Sa 22
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 131 Sa 22

Title: Broad St. Baptist Church. Philadelphia, Penna
Description: View showing the Baptist church at Broad and Brown streets for the congregation organized in 1844. Church surrounded by a wrought-iron fence and landscaped with trees. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a couple on promenade and a horse-drawn carriage. View surrounded by a border with ornamental details in the upper corners. Church sold in 1915., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 63, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 13 B 863, Accompanied by label printed: Broad Street Baptist Church. Built 1856., Landis, was a lithographer in Philadelphia, Newark, and New York who alone and in partnerships produced from the 1880s-1910s a number of views of cities in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut.
Creator: Landis, T. J. Shepherd
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 13 B 863

Title: [Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St George, formerly St. Andrews Church, 250-256 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Depicts church facade, including six-columned portico and pediment. Building was built from 1822 to 1823 and designed by architect John Haviland., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: 8 ab Spruce. Said to be the most excellent example of Greek architecture in Phila., Now a Greek church, formerly an Episcopal Church [St Andrews]., 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 162 [P.8513.162], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson162.htm

Title: Unitarian Church Philadelphia. [graphic] / W. L. Breton.
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, View of the front facade of the First Congregational Unitarian Church built in 1828 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland on the 900 block of Locust Street. Includes pedestrian traffic and a partial view of neighboring buildings obscured by trees. The columns supporting the portico of the church were salvaged from Benjamin Latrobe's pump house at Center Square. Church was demolished in 1885.
Creator: Breton, William L., lithographer., creator
Date: [1829]
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W413.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W413 [(4)1322.F.99]

Title: St. John's Church, Philadelphia. [graphic] / Lith. of J.T. Bowen.
Description: Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 19 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: (5)1322.F.70h and in *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Exterior view of the Gothic-style Roman Catholic church, St. John the Evangelist, opened for services in April 1832 at 23-25 South Thirteenth Street. Shows parishioners walking up the church steps and two women conversing on the sidewalk. An iron fence protects the building.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846 lithographer., creator
Date: 1848, c1840.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W346-3.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W346.3 [(5)1322.F.70h]

Title: St. Peter's Catholic Church of Philadelphia. At Fifth and Franklin Streets., Die Katholische St. Peter's Kirche zu Philadelphia. An der Fünften und Franklin Strasse. [graphic].
Description: Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 131 S149., Select link below for a digital image., Exterior view of the Roman-style German Catholic church, St. Peter the Apostle, built 1842-1847 at 1015 North Fifth Street after the designs of Napoleon Le Brun. Also shows pedestrian traffic, including two children holding hands.
Creator: Herline & Hensel., creator
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W096.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W96 [(5)1322.F.48a & 71a]

Title: [St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church, S.W. corner of 3rd & Pine Streets, Philadelphia.]
Description: View looking northwest at the large Palladian window on the east elevation of St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church. Built 1758-1761 after the designs of Robert Smith at 300-340 Pine Street., Inscribed in negative: 3310., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.92]

Title: [Peace Jubilee parade, military men marching along North Broad Street near Columbia Avenue, Philadelphia.]
Description: Depicts an unidentified group of military men marching along North Broad Street near Columbia Avenue, looking southeast. A large crowd stands on the sidewalk and sits in the viewing stands near the Columbia Avenue Savings Fund, Safe Deposit, Title & Trust Co. Includes the spire of the Oxford Street Presbyterian Church in the distance. Military and naval parades were held during the Peace Jubilee, a celebration of the end of the Spanish American War of 1898., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: October 1898
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.267]

Title: Baptist Temple Church and Temple College postcards
Description: Contains exterior views of Baptist Temple Church at North Broad and Berks Streets built in 1889 after designs by Thomas Preston Lonsdale. Temple College founded by Dr. Russell H. Conwell as a night school for parishoners of Grace Baptist Temple at the southeast corner of North Broad and Berks Street. He obtained a college charter in 1888 and three years later received the right to confer degrees., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Accession numbers: P.9050.3, P.9050.5, P.9050.8 and P.9050.26., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1905-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [various]

Title: Old St. Paul's Church, No. 225 South Third Street, central office Philadelphia P. E. City Mission
Description: Exterior view of front facade of Old St. Paul's Church on recto, with bulletin on verso, including an invitation to a noon-day service for business men. Church served as the central office of the Protestant Episcopal City Mission in Philadelphia circa 1950., Undivided back. Invitation on verso. Dated 1906 in manuscript note on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [P.9050.93]

Title: St. George's Methodist Episcopal Church postcards
Description: Exterior view of front facade of church built 1763-1812 after designs by master builder Robert Smith. Includes an interior view of the nave and sanctuary. First conference of American Methodists held here in 1773., Undivided backs., Accession numbers: P.9048.245 and P.9050.4., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [various]

Title: St. James the Less, Falls of Schuylkill postcards
Description: Contains views of church built in 1846 after designs by John E. Carver and George Gordon Place. Includes exterior views of the church and adjoining burial ground, along with interior views of the nave and sanctuary., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., The Ecclesiological Society, a British church architecture society, provided the plans for the church to be recreated in the style of a 13th-century English country parish., Accession numbers: P.9050.50, P.9050.59 and P.9050.79 - 80., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1905-1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [various]

Title: Market Square showing two old houses. Monument to soldiers who fell in War of Rebellion. Erected 1883
Description: Depicts Germantown's Market Square. Includes the Civil War monument, erected in 1883 by the members of Ellis Post, No. 6, Grand Army of the Republic. Shows the granite figure of a soldier at "parade rest." Monument moved to Belmont Avenue and George's Hill Drive in West Fairmount Park in 1909.The front of the Market Square Presbyterian Church is visible in the background, along with the Fromberger House, located south of the church at 5501-5505 Germantown Avenue., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: Negative March 6, 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.28]

Title: Chapel and parish building St. Clement's Church
Description: Reproduction of drawing showing the auxiliary buildings of the church constructed between 1855 and 1859 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman at 2000-2030 Cherry Street., Publisher's imprint on verso of P.2005.27., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator: McAllister & Brother
Date: [1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.81c; P.2005.2.7]

Title: [Gloria Dei Church, 929 S. Water Street, Philadelphia.]
Description: Exterior view, showing headstones in the cemetery of the oldest church in Pennsylvania, built 1698-1700 after designs by John I. Harrison and Reverend Andrew Rudman. The wings were added 1703-1705 and the tower circa 1733., Title from negative sleeve., Also known as Old Swedes' Church. Stands on the site of the first Swedish Lutheran Church in Philadelphia.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.26]

Title: St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Germantown, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of front facade, tower and cemetery attached to church built circa 1896 after designs by Thomas Francis Miller., First German Lutheran Congregation in Pennsylvania, organized in 1730. Church built in 1819 was used until the present church was constructed., Sheet number: 101B05., Divided back., 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: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Churches - 101]

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