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- Title
- Christ Church [graphic] / C. Th.
- Description
- Location: Second Street above Market St., Frontispiece to Edward W. Clark's A Record of the Inscriptions of the Tablets and Grave-Stones in the Burial-Grounds of Christ Church, Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Collins, printer, 705 Jayne Street, 1864)., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Uy8 96795.D., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
- Creator
- Tholey, Charles P., d. 1898., creator
- Date
- [1864]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W061.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W61 [Uy8 96795.D]
- Title
- North-east view of St. Peter's Church (Episcopal) Philada. [graphic] / Drawn on stone by W. L. Breton.
- Description
- Location: Third and Pine Streets., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, with corrections., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
- Creator
- Breton, William L. lithographer., creator
- Date
- 1829.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W253.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W253 [P.2148]
- Title
- The Catholic Church of St. Mary, Philadelphia. [graphic] / Drawn on stone by W. L. Breton.
- Description
- Location: Fourth Street bet. Locust and Spruce, west side., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Reaccessioned as P.2203., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb131 S146., Built 1763.
- Creator
- Breton, William L. lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1829.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W370.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W370 [6548.F]
- Title
- Christ Church Philadelphia. [graphic] / Lith. of J. T. Bowen.
- Description
- Originally published as plate 17 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., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: (4)1322.F.62b 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:, Reassigned McAllister accession number., Exterior view of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1727-1744 at 22-34 North 2nd Street. Also shows pedestrian traffic.
- Creator
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846 artist., creator
- Date
- 1848, c1840.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W064-3.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W64.3 [(4)1322.F.62e]
- Title
- Interior view of the new church of St. Joseph Philada. (Founded 1733 - Enlarged 1821 - Rebuilt 1838 - Consecrated 1839.) Erected on the site of the old Church of St. Joseph, the first R. C. Church erected in the State of Pennsylvania. [graphic] / painted from nature & drawn on stone by A. Hoffy.
- Description
- Location: Willing 's Alley between Third and Fourth Streets., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
- Creator
- Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790 lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1840.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W187.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W187 [P.2052]
- Title
- Emmanuel Episcopal Mission Church. Marlboro Street Kn. Published to assist in liquidating the debt upon the church, by the wardens. [graphic] / Drawn from nature and lithd. by T. S. Wagner.
- Description
- See 374 for interior view., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc132 E54., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Exterior view of the Episcopal church, consecrated in 1838, on Marlborough Street above Girard Avenue in Kensington. Shows pedestrian traffic on the sidewalk and a woman and child entering the side entrance of the church.
- Creator
- Wagner, T. S. (Thomas S.) lithographer., creator
- Date
- [ca. 1840]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W110.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W110 [1322.F]
- Title
- The Emmanuel Episcopal Church. [Marlboro' Str. Kensington, Phila.] [graphic] / Lithographed from nature by T. S. Wagner.
- Description
- Manuscript note on recto: J. Gordon Maxwell in the pulpit., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc132 E549., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Reaccessioned as P.2207., Interior view of the Episcopal church, consecrated in 1838, on Marlborough Street above Girard Avenue in Kensington. Shows Rev. J. Gordon Maxwell, at the pulpit, giving a sermon to a full congregation. Includes congregants turned to each other and a female congregant turned toward two men conversing a few pews over. Simple chandeliers hang from the ceiling near Gothic-style windows.
- Creator
- Wagner, T. S. (Thomas S.) lithographer., creator
- Date
- [ca. 1840]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W374.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W374 [1322.F]
- Title
- [Church of the Nativity] [graphic] / N. Le Brun , archt. Philadelphia; A. Koellner engr. on stone.
- Description
- Title and publication information supplied by Wainwright., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Duplicate in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania [Ba 132 N278] contains printed caption on recto: This Church is to be built of stone, is 50 by 80 feet exclusive of the tower. It will cost $9,000 and seat without side galleries 600 persons. Subscriptions for its erection will be gratefully acknowledged by the wardens and vestry. Brethren will ye not aid as God has prospered you in extending the Gospel in the Church?, Exterior view of the Gothic-style Episcopal church completed in 1846 after the designs of Napoleon LeBrun at the northwest corner of 11th and Mount Vernon streets.
- Creator
- Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813 lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1844]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W066.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W66 [(3)1322.F.150a]
- Title
- Tabernacle M. E. Church. 11th St. above Jefferson St. Philadelphia. [graphic] / Lith. by J. F. Watson S.E. cor, of 4th & Walnut.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Watson, John Frampton lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1854.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W361.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W361 [P.2259]
- Title
- Exterior view [and] interior view of the temporary Hedding M. E. Church. Situated on the S.E. corner of Coates and Sixteenth Sts. Philadelphia. [graphic].
- Description
- Location: Sixteenth St.and Fairmount Avenue., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Date
- 1854.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W116.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W116 [P.8538]
- Title
- The new Moravian church of 1856, S.W. Corner of Wood & Franklin Sts. [graphic] / Herline & Hensel Lith.
- Description
- Published in Abraham Ritter's History of the Moravian Church in Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Published by Hayes & Zell,1857), opposite page 176., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1857 Rit 14341.0 (Rush) and 75004.O hand colored., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
- Creator
- Herline & Hensel lithographer., creator
- Date
- 1857.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W386.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W386 [Am 1857 Rit]
- Title
- The original Moravian church of 1820. S.E. corner of Moravian Alley (now Bread Street) & Race St. [graphic] / Lith. by Herline & Hensel.
- Description
- Published in Abraham Ritter's History of the Moravian Church in Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Published by Hayes & Zell,1857), opposite page 168., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.9830.8 and Am 1857 Rit 75004.0 and 14341.O., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
- Creator
- Herline & Hensel., creator
- Date
- 1857.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W389.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W389 [P.9830.8]
- 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
- Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Philada. [graphic] : Founded in 1794 by the Revd. Richard Allen, Bishop of the first African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. Rebuilt in 1805. / Drawn on Stone by W.L. Breton.
- Description
- Kennedy and Lucas, operated by David Kennedy and William B. Lucas, printed the city's first commercial lithographs, a series of church subjects drawn by W.L. Breton, probably including "Mother Bethel.", Exterior view of the rough cast second edifice of the African American church at 125 South 6th Street. Pedestrians and church attendees, predominately women, stroll the sidewalk and enter the house of worship adorned with a simple stone tablet inscribed, "Bethel Church." Known as "Mother Bethel," the church was formed from black congregants discriminated against by the Methodist Episcopal Church. The 1805 building, the site of the first convention of the Unified African Methodist Episcopal Church, stood until 1841 when a third building was erected on the site.
- Creator
- Breton, William L., artist., creator
- Date
- July 1829.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W026.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W26 [7500.F]
- Title
- Ruins of St. Augustines Church North 4th Street Phila. Destroyed by a mob on the evening of the 8th of May 1844. [graphic] / L.F.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Date
- 1844.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W322.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W322 [P.2182]