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- Title
- Unitarian Church Philadelphia
- Description
- 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., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 772, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
- Creator
- Breton, William L., lithographer
- Date
- [April 1829]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W413 [(4)1322.F.99]
- Title
- St. Clement's Church (Protestant Episcopal), Twentieth and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia
- Description
- View of south and west facades of Romanesque Revival church along Appletree Street. Children stand and sit near a partially standing wooden fence next to the church. Brick rowhouses visible on 20th and Cherry Streets in background. Church constructed between 1855 and 1859 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman., Text on verso relates history of church and lists ministers and vestry members., Attributed to John Moran., Duplicate of (4)1322.F.81d.
- Creator
- Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
- Date
- c1863
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McAllister - St. Clement's [P.9847]
- Title
- [St. Clement's church, Easter 1865]
- Description
- View from rear of sanctuary looking up central aisle toward altar. Dark bunting is draped along walls and on the altar in memory of assasinated President Abraham Lincoln who died Easter Sunday 1865. Church constructed between 1855 and 1859 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman., Title from duplicate. [5792.F.1g]., Manuscript note below image: St. Clement's Church., Buff mount with square corners., 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.
- Date
- [1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Religion - St. Clement's [(4)1322.F.81(v)c]
- Title
- Church of the Intercessor, Philadelphia. (Protestant Episcopal.) Spring Garden Street, below Broad, Philadelphia
- Description
- Interior views showing the altar of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1859-1860 after the designs of Stephen P. Rush. Altar includes ornately embellished chairs and cloth adorned with the declaration "Our Lord Our Righteousness". Also includes a clergyman at the altar and parishioners seated in the pews., White paper mount with square corners., Title from publisher's label pasted on verso describing the church building and the history of the congregation., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Image [(4)1322.75a] duplicate of (4)1322.76a., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
- Creator
- McAllister & Brother
- Date
- April 1861, c1861
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.75e], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.72b]
- Title
- St. Philip's Church. (Protestant Episcopal.) Vine Street, north side, above Eighth Street. Philadelphia
- Description
- Duplicate interior views showing the altar of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1840-1842 after the designs of William L. Johnston on the 700 block of Vine Street. Recess of altar decorated with garland and a wreath adorned with lettering reading "God With Us" and a star inscribed "IHS." Also includes two clergymen in clerical robes at the altar near potted trees and a partial view of pews., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Contains a stereographic print mounted on a white paper mount with square corners and accompanied by a publisher's label describing the church building and the history of the congregation. Also contains a one-half stereographic print mounted on paper., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
- Creator
- McAllister & Brother
- Date
- February 1861, c1861
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.93b(v); (4)1322.F.94a]
- Title
- [Blockley Baptist Church interior, 525-553 North 53rd Street, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Shows the altar of the Baptist church built 1856 in West Philadelphia. Also shows a partial view of pews and a proverb inscribed above the the altar reading "Teaching Them To Observe All Things Whatsoever I Have Commanded You.", Attributed to McAllister & Brother., Title supplied by cataloguer., Unmounted half of stereograph., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
- Creator
- McAllister & Brother
- Date
- [ca. 1860]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.4x]
- Title
- [Blockley Baptist Church interior, 525-553 North 53rd Street, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Shows the altar of the Baptist church built 1856 in West Philadelphia. Also shows a partial view of pews and a proverb inscribed above the the altar reading "Teaching Them To Observe All Things Whatsoever I Have Commanded You.", Attributed to McAllister & Brother., Title supplied by cataloguer., Unmounted half of stereograph., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
- Creator
- McAllister & Brother
- Date
- [ca. 1860]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.4b]
- Title
- Exterior view; Interior view of the temporary Hedding M. E. Church. Situated on the S.E. corner of Coates and Sixteenth Sts. Philadelphia In this locality it was deemed important by the church, that our borders should be enlarged, and in order to accomplish this object, a large respectable church must be erected, Rev. Andrew Manship was on the 9th of August 1853 by the proper authorities of the M.E. Church appointed pastor, he and his people thinking it inexpedient to wait until the regular church could be ready for occupancy, resolved to erect this building, which is 100 ft. by near 40, and accommodates about twelve hundred persons. the building committee [A. Manship, M. Morris, John Miller, and A.F. Old] aided by the people, energetically proceeded with the work, and in ten days, the house was ready and on the 16th of October was dedicated to the worship of Almighty God. Since which time meetings have been held without much intermission and to the present date Feb. 10 1854, at least 300 persons have professed the religion of our Lord Jesus Christ. Clearly showing that God does not "Despise the day of small things". [sic]
- Description
- Exterior view showing a throng of men, women, and child parishioners arriving at the wood-plank temporary church building on the 1500 block of Coates, i.e., Fairmount Avenue. A tall picket fence with gate surrounds the church. The well-dressed church members file past the fence and through the open gate. Two stove pipes project out from the side of the building and a few trees provide landscape. The building served as the church for a year during the erection of the permanent building completed in the fall of 1854., Interior view showing the church packed with parishioners who fill the pews surrounding the minister's pulpit and stand in the aisle and rear of the building. Four stoves and overhanging lit gas pipes furnish the space. Men's hats hang on hooks on one of the walls. The minister stands and six church elders sit on the stage of the pulpit. Also shows one man sitting in the rear of the church., Engraved variant of "Exterior View" published in Rev. Andrew Manship's Thirteen year's experience in the itinerancy. Second edition. (Philadelphia, 1856). Copyrighted by Manship in 1855. [LCP Am 1857 Man 51198.D (Dick)], Philadelphia on Stone, POS 217, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1980 pg. 52.
- Date
- [1854]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W116 [P.8538]
- Title
- Preparation for war to defend commerce. The Swedish Church Southwark with the building of the Frigate Philadelphia
- Description
- Busy scene at Federal Street near the Delaware River showing several laborers constucting the U.S. Navy warship, "Philadelphia," one of a number of frigates built to defend the nation's merchant fleet from foreign enemies. Construction occured at Wharton-Humphreys shipyard from 1798 to 1799, under naval builder Joshua Humphreys. Depicts the workers sawing, axing, and carrying slats of wood up a long plank to the top of the hull of the unfinished ship. A man, possibly Humphreys or the ship designer, Josiah Fox, and a woman, watch the construction from the side. Several buildings stand in the background, including the city's oldest church, Gloria Dei (Old Swedes) Church, built in 1700., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., Illustrated in S. Robert Teitleman's Birch's Views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982, rev. 2000), p. 29.
- Creator
- W. Birch & Son
- Date
- 1800
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 29/P.2276.67]
- Title
- View from roof of house 20th and Locust Sts
- Description
- Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Notre Dame in foreground, Belfry of Holy Trinity and the Wellington Apts. (Make one of the Holy Trinity bell tower from street at sunset)., 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 204 [P.8513.204], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson204.htm
- Title
- Baptist Church, West Philadelphia
- Description
- Shows the altar of the Blockley Baptist Church built 1856 at 525-553 North 53rd Street. Also shows partial view of pews and a proverb inscribed above the the altar reading "Teaching Them To Observe All Things Whatsoever I Have Commanded You.", Attributed to McAllister & Brother., Title and date from manuscript note on mount., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
- Creator
- McAllister & Brother
- Date
- [1860]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.4a]
- Title
- Central Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia
- Description
- Interior view showing a man standing near the altar of the church built 1833 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter at the southeast corner of Eighth and Cherry streets. View includes pews., Title printed on mount., Accompanied by publisher's label on verso describing the church building and the history of the congregation., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Paper backing pasted on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Duplicate of (4)1322.F.37b., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
- Creator
- McAllister & Brother
- Date
- [March 1861, c1861]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.38a]
- Title
- Central Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia
- Description
- Interior view showing the side of the altar of the church built 1833 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter at the southeast corner of Eighth and Cherry streets., Title printed on mount., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Attributed to McAllister & Brother., Paper backing pasted on verso., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
- Creator
- McAllister & Brother
- Date
- [March 1861, c1861]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.37c]
- Title
- Christ Church, Philadelphia
- Description
- Interior view from balcony showing the altar of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1727-1744 at 22-34 North 2nd Street. Includes stain glass windows. Interior altered 1834 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter., Attributed to McAllister & Brother., Title printed on mount., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Paper backing pasted on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Duplicate of P.8662.4 and (4)1322.F.64a., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
- Creator
- McAllister & Brother
- Date
- [1860]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.65a]
- Title
- Church of the Intercessor, Philadelphia
- Description
- Interior views showing the altar of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1859-1860 after the designs of Stephen P. Rush at Spring Garden Street below Broad Street. Altar includes ornately embellished chairs and cloth adorned with the declaration "Our Lord Our Righteousness"., Title printed on mount., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Paper backing pasted on verso., Publication information from duplicate [1322.F.75a]., 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
- [April 1861, c1861]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.75a ; (4)1322.F.76a]
- Title
- First Baptist Church, Broad and Arch sts., Philadelphia
- Description
- View looking northwest from Market Street showing the church built 1856 after the designs of Stephen D. Button on the 100 block of North Broad Street. Includes adjacent buildings and parked horse-drawn wagons., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title printed on mount., Buff 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
- Creator
- W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.4b(v)]
- Title
- First Baptist Church, Broad and Arch sts., Philadelphia
- Description
- View looking northwest from Market Street showing the church built 1856 after the designs of Stephen D. Button on the 100 block of North Broad Street. Includes adjacent buildings and parked horse-drawn wagons., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title printed on mount., Buff 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
- Creator
- W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.4b(v)]
- Title
- First Baptist Church, Broad and Arch sts., Philadelphia
- Description
- View looking northwest from Market Street showing the church built 1856 after the designs of Stephen D. Button on the 100 block of North Broad Street. Includes adjacent buildings and parked horse-drawn wagons., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title printed on mount., Buff 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
- Creator
- W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.4b(v)]
- Title
- First Reformed Presbyterian Church, Broad Street between Spruce and Pine streets, Philadelphia
- Description
- Interior views showing the altar of the church built 1853-1854 on the 300 block of South Broad Street after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. Altar is richly paneled and ornamented in front of a recess bordered by perforated scroll ornaments. Also includes partial views of pews. Church later known as Wylie Memorial Church., Contains two stereographic images mounted on white paper mounts with square corners and printed titles including one [(4)1322.F.40e], hand-colored and accompanied by publisher's label describing the church building and history of the congregation. Also contains one stereographic image mounted on paper accompanied by publisher's label, one half stereographic image mounted on paper, and one carte de visite., (4)1322.F.40c, e, & f are duplicates., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
- Creator
- McAllister & Brother
- Date
- December 1860, c1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.40b, c, e & f], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.40a]
- Title
- Church of the Intercessor, Philadelphia
- Description
- Interior views showing the altar of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1859-1860 after the designs of Stephen P. Rush at Spring Garden Street below Broad Street. Altar includes ornately embellished chairs and cloth adorned with the declaration "Our Lord Our Righteousness"., Title printed on mount., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Paper backing pasted on verso., Publication information from duplicate [1322.F.75a]., 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
- [April 1861, c1861]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.75a ; (4)1322.F.76a]
- Title
- School house of St. Marks. Church Locust St. Philada
- Description
- Shows the attached school 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., Photographer, title, and date from manuscript note on accompanying label., Buff paper mount with square corners., Paper backing pasted on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., 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. 103., Arcadia caption text: The parish school of Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church opened in January 1850, only three months after the church held its first service. Built on the western end of the church lot in the Tudor Gothic tradition after the designs of John Notman, the parochial school served the underprivileged members of the community around 1625 Locust Street until the eve of World War I. This view dated c. 1859 shows the L-shaped schoolhouse’s steep roofs and tower with battlements and cross., 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 [(8)1322.F.91a]
- Title
- Eleventh St. Opera House Philada
- Description
- View from Girard Street (i.e., Ludlow Street) looking east at the front facade of the theater at the southeast corner of Eleventh and Marble Streets (i.e., Ludlow Street). The front facade of St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church (19 South Tenth Street) is partially visible in the left background and the corner dwelling at the southwest corner of Eleventh and Girard Streets is visible in the foreground. A horse stands unhitched on the side of the road. The opera house opened as "The Lyceum" by H.S. Cartee in 1854 in the building constructed for the First Reformed Presbyterian Church in 1818 and altered to a theater ca. 1854. Cotton & Dixey succeeded Cartee after one season and called the theater the "Eleventh Street Opera House." Ownership changed again the following season in 1856 to Samuel S. Sanford, who renamed it the "New American Opera House" and remained for several years until the theater was leased to Carncross & Dixey, who managed it at the time of this photograph. Theater building demolished ca. 1911., Title from pencil inscription note on mount., Photographer's imprint from embossed stamp on recto., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Bartlett & Smith, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1867]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Theaters and halls [(8)1322.F.5a-1]
- Title
- Harrison's Row, Locust St. bel. 18th
- Description
- View of the row of mansions, known as Harrison Row, built for locomotive engineer Joseph Harrison in 1856 as an experiment in community housing. The single family residences included a kitchen, dining room, sitting-room, skylight, and laundry facilities as well as shared a garden with Harrison's adjacent mansion at 221-225 South 18th Street. Also shows a partial view of St. Mark's Church (1607-1627 Locust); neighboring buildings; and a horse-drawn carriage., Title from manuscript note on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., McClees 1859-2., Published in Theo B. White, ed., Philadelphia architecture in the nineteenth century (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Art Alliance by the University of Pennsylvnai Press, 1953), entry #95., 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. 29., Arcadia caption text: One of Philadelphia’s few architect-designed rows, Harrison’s Row consisted of a block of ten elegant Italianate houses on the north side of Locust Street near Rittenhouse Square designed by Samuel Sloan. The homes shared a back garden (see image above) with Harrison’s palatial mansion on Eighteenth Street, also designed by Sloan, and a block of stables to the north. Around the time this photograph was taken in March of 1859, the homes were occupied by three merchants, three brokers, two “gentlemen,” and an engraver, along with their families and servants., 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
- March 1859
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Streets - L [(6)1322.F.154a]
- Title
- Holy Trinity, Sixth and Spruce sts
- Description
- Shows the German Roman Catholic church built 1789 at 601-613 Spruce Street. View also includes street railroad tracks in the foreground., Photographer's imprint and title printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited ., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
- Creator
- Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1868
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Religion [(4)1322.F.74b]
- Title
- Church of the Holy Trinity, 200 South 19th Street, Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- Views showing the exterior during construction and after completion of the Norman-style Protestant Episcopal church built 1856-1859 at 200 South 19th Street after the designs of John Notman. Includes a close-up view of the church door during construction. Views also show construction debris, construction equipment, neighboring buildings on the north side of the 1900 block of Walnut Street, and a partial view of Rittenhouse Square., Contains three stereographic prints mounted on yellow paper mounts, including two with manuscript titles and one with a printed label; three one-half stereographic prints mounted on paper; and one unmounted albumen., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., One of images [(8)1322.F.19a] reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #152., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1859-ca. 1862
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Religion [(4)1322.F.72b & e; (4)1322.F.73a; (6)1322.F.87g; (8)1322.F.19a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Moran - Churches and Meetinghouses - H [(4)1322.F.72c-d]
- Title
- Panorama Hill, Hestonville, West Philadelphia This property, embracing over 350 acres, adjoins Hestonville in the 24th Ward, and is distant 3 1/2 miles from Market St. Bridge. It extends from the Lancaster Turnpike to the Monument Road, and it is intersected by the old Lancaster Road, thus having the advantage of three excellent roads. It also has constant communication of passenger rail road. The elevation is 250 feet above tide, the highest ground within an equal distance of the center of the city, of which it commands a splendid panoramic view. The gas has been introduced and the property is well supplied with spring water and possesses all the advantages of the more densely populated wards. For public institutions or elegant residences this locality is unsurpassed
- Description
- Print containing panoramic views of Panorama Hill in Hestonville, West Philadelphia and "Panorama of Philadelphia as Seen from Panorama Hill." "References" to 32 sites total in both views printed below the images. Central view shows the Pennsylvania Railroad (labeled) cutting through the area that is lined with trees, farmland, and a small number of residences. In the foreground, trains travel in opposite directions on the rail tracks that overpass Old Lancaster Road (labeled). Horse-drawn carriages and wagons travel on Lancaster and under the overpass, cows and horses graze on the hillsides, and the residences of David George (1), Jesse George (2), and Edmund George (3) are visible in the background. Also shows the ravine for a proposed lake (4), the distant steeple of Episcopal Hospital (5), and the toll house (6) on Lancaster Road. Upper view shows the Philadelphia skyline from Panorama Hill. Cows graze in the foreground in front of fenced pastures. In the distant background, steeples and roofs of prominent landmarks, predominately churches, are visible. Includes Girard College (1); House of Refuge (2); Eastern State Penitentiary (3); Shot tower (15); Catholic Cemetery (23); Delaware River (24); Lunatic Asylum (25) and Pennsylvania Railroad (26). Churches include Christ Church (6); St. Peters (12); St. Marks (16); and Trinity Church Maylandville (22). Also contains an inset map showing the property outline between 49th and 56th streets and Haddington and York avenues. Map also includes proposed lake and compass with north pointing left., Manuscript note on recto: Made about 1867., Philadelphia on Stone., POS 539, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., LCP also holds duplicate in very poor condition., Free Library of Philadelphia: Oversize Philadelphiana - Views (2 copies)
- Creator
- Moras, Ferdinand, 1821-1908
- Date
- [ca. 1867]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - View [P.2132]
- 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
- [Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion, 21st and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View of church spire from another rooftop. Architect Isaac Pursell designed the building, which was built circa 1889 and is also known as Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion, and Reformed Protestant Episcopal Church., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Lutheran Church spire. Van Pelt and Chestnut Sts. Taken from roof on 22 St. no of Walnut. (Try another of this spire - from street)., 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 168 [P.8513.168], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson168.htm
- Title
- [Probably Assumption of the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church, later Assumption of the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church at 28th and Snyder Sts., Philadelphia]
- Description
- Depicts the rear of a church with cupolas and spires, probably the Assumption of the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church, later Assumption of the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church at 2101 S 28th Street (28th and Snyder Sts.). Church reflects into a large puddle in foreground of picture. Holy Virgin parish was formed by mainly Carpatho-Russian members of the community in 1913. In 1973 "rib type" cupolas replaced the copper cupolas., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's manuscript note, probably misidentifying church location, on verso: Not in Poland. A Polish church at 28th and Wharton Sts. The lagoon is nothing but a mud puddle, formed by the drainage of rain from the street leval [sic] into this depression. The street at this point is from 4' to 5' above the bottom of what appears to be a charming lake. (Note: There is a large Polish settlement in the neighborhood, many of the men working in the nearby oil works at Point Breeze)., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Duplicate: P.8513.20: same neg., 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 215 [P.8513.215], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson215.htm
- Title
- [Probably Assumption of the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church, later Assumption of the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church at 28th and Snyder Sts., Philadelphia]
- Description
- Depicts the rear of a church with cupolas and spires, probably the Assumption of the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church, later Assumption of the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church at 2101 S 28th Street (28th and Snyder Sts.). Church reflects into a large puddle in foreground of picture. Holy Virgin parish was formed by mainly Carpatho-Russian members of the community in 1913. In 1973 "rib type" cupolas replaced the copper cupolas., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's manuscript note, probably misidentifying church location, on verso of duplicate: Not in Poland. A Polish church at 28th and Wharton Sts. The lagoon is nothing but a mud puddle, formed by the dranage [sic] of rain from the street leval [sic] into this depression. The street at this point is from 4' to 5' above the bottom of what appears to be a charming lake. (Note - There is a large Polish settlement in the neighborhood, many of the men working in the nearby oil works at Point Breeze., Duplicate: P.8513.215: 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 20 [P.8513.20], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson215.htm
- Title
- Church of St. James the Less, Philadelphia
- Description
- Exterior view showing the Gothic-style Protestant Episcopal church built 1846-1850 after the designs of English architect G.G. Place on the 3200 block of West Clearfield Street near Laurel Hill Cemetery. 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., Title printed on mount., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
- Creator
- W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1862
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.85e]
- Title
- Church of St. James the Less, Philadelphia
- Description
- Exterior view showing the Gothic-style Protestant Episcopal church built 1846-1850 after the designs of English architect G.G. Place on the 3200 block of West Clearfield Street near Laurel Hill Cemetery. 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., Title printed on mount., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
- Creator
- W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1862
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.85e]
- Title
- Church of St. James the Less, Philadelphia
- Description
- Exterior view showing the Gothic-style Protestant Episcopal church built 1846-1850 after the designs of English architect G.G. Place on the 3200 block of West Clearfield Street near Laurel Hill Cemetery. 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., Title printed on mount., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
- Creator
- W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1862
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.85e]
- Title
- [St. James Protestant Episcopal Church, Kingsessing, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Exterior view of ivy-covered facade of church which was designed by architect Thomas Webb Richards and built from 1762 to 1763 as a Swedish Lutheran church. It became an Episcopal church in 1810., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: 58th [sic] and Woodland Ave. 18 century English., 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 173 [P.8513.173], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson173.htm
- Title
- [St. James Catholic Church, 3728 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Exterior view of ivy-covered church facade, including several large stained glass windows. Designed by architect Edwin Forrest Durang, church was built 1881-1887., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Church 37" and Chestnut Sts. This would pass for a view of an old world church, either in France or England. Gothic., Duplicate: P.8513.28: 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 216 [P.8513.216], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson216.htm
- Title
- St. Luke's Church, 1840
- Description
- Floor plan of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1839-1840 after the designs of Thomas S. Stewart at 330 S. 13th Street. Shows the 184 pews; chancel, including pulpit, reading desk, and communion table; vestry room; fire proof room; aisles; south, north, and organ galleries; Sunday School benches; vestibule; portico; terrace, and gates. Pews printed with a row number, value, and "sittings." Values range from $50 to $850. Several pews are also inscribed with the names of pew owners. Pew owners include Sam. Breck, Jas. Dundas, S. Whitman, Benj, Stiles, T. S, Stewart (archt.); and W. Strickland., Printed on recto: The Choice of Pews will be disposed of by Auction in October next. The price is marked in each pew. The terms of sale will be one third Cash and the balance may be paid in notes at one and two years adding interest. September 1840., Scale: 8 Ft to the inch., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 710, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
- Date
- 1840
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Churches and meetinghouses - S [P.9178.25]
- Title
- St. Michael's. - (Fifth Street above Arch.)
- Description
- Shows the church also known as the Old Lutheran Church built 1743-1748 on the 100 block of North Fifth Street. View also includes several broadsides pasted on the brick wall enclosing the church. Church razed 1872., Title and photographer's imprint printed on mount., Lavender paper mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., 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. 37., Arcadia caption text: Like many of the churches built in the city in the 1700s, St. Michael’s Church (the Old Lutheran Church), completed in 1748, did not survive through the 19th century. Used as a garrison by British troops during the American Revolution, the church, visible here a few years before its demolition in 1872, shows the signs of abandonment. Following the relocation of the congregation in 1870, the church was razed from the 100 block of North Fifth Street.
- Creator
- Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1870
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Religion [(4)1322.F.25b]
- Title
- Old St. Michaels Church, (German Lutheran) on the southeast corner of Fifth and Cherry St. The grounds bounded on the south by Appletree Alley
- Description
- View showing the church also known as the Old Lutheran Church built 1743-1748 on the 100 block of North Fifth Street. Also shows the church and church burial ground enclosed by a brick wall and a partial view of buildings on Appletree Alley in the background., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., Compass directions given in manuscript on mount., 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 109. 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.
- Creator
- Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
- Date
- March 1859
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Churches and Meetinghouses - S [(3)2526.F.109 (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/2526f109.jpg
- Title
- Interior of St. Stephen's Church, Philadelphia
- Description
- Shows the pulpit of the Episcopal church built 1822-1823 after the designs of William Strickland at 19 South 10th Street. View includes stained glass windows., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title printed on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Location from inscription 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
- Creator
- W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.96h]
- Title
- Interior of St. Stephen's Church, Philadelphia
- Description
- Shows the pulpit of the Episcopal church built 1822-1823 after the designs of William Strickland at 19 South 10th Street. View includes stained glass windows., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title printed on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Location from inscription 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
- Creator
- W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.96h]
- Title
- Interior of St. Stephen's Church, Philadelphia
- Description
- Shows the pulpit of the Episcopal church built 1822-1823 after the designs of William Strickland at 19 South 10th Street. View includes stained glass windows., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title printed on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Location from inscription 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
- Creator
- W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.96h]
- Title
- St. Stephen's Church (Episcopal). Dr. Duchachett [sic], rector. Tenth St. East side corner of College Avenue The broken ground &c in foreground, is the remains at the time the picture was taken, of the old wooden houses now removing to give place to a new market house
- Description
- Date inscribed on photograph., Tile and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Manuscript note by Poulson on mount: See next picture., View showing the Protestant Episcopal church built 1822-1823 after the designs of William Strickland at 19 South 10th Street. Also shows the construction site for the Franklin Market in the foreground., 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 49. 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., 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. 39., Arcadia caption text: St. Stephen’s Church represents another magnificent church structure added to the cityscape of Philadelphia during the 19th century. Built 1822-1823 at 19 South Tenth Street after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland, the Gothic-style Episcopal church houses two monuments bequeathed by devout parishioner and lawyer Edward Shippen Burd. The lower view shows one of the monuments, Burd’s tomb, designed by architect Frank Wills and installed after his death in 1848. The exterior view shows the construction site opposite the church for the Franklin Market, begun in 1859.
- 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.49 (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/2526f49.jpg
- Title
- 7th Presbyterian Church, Broad Above Chestnut
- Description
- Exterior view of the Greek Revival-style church built 1842 after the designs of Napoleon LeBrun on Broad Street between Penn Square and Chestnut Street. View shows a man and children on the church steps; a street lamp at the corner; and a partial view of the U.S. Mint (1331-1337 Chestnut) in the left background., Title from manuscript note on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., McClees & Germon, a partnership between Philadelphia photographers James E. McClees and Washington Lafayette Germon, was active between 1854-1855.
- Creator
- McClees & Germon, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1855
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *photo - McClees [(6)1322.F.44a]
- Title
- Spruce between 4th and 5th, south side looking west
- Description
- Shows the 400 block of Spruce Street, including Spruce Street Baptist Church (418-428 Spruce) built 1829-1830 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter . Includes residential buildings adorned with ironwork railings in the foreground., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., Manuscript note on mount: Spruce between 4th & 5th south side. Spruce St. Baptist Church., 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 159. 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.
- Creator
- Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
- Date
- June 1859
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Streets - Spruce [(3)2526.F.159 (Poulson)]
- Title
- The second Presbyterian church. And the burial grounds belonging to it, and that of the first Presbyterian church. On the southwest corner of Pine, and Fourth Street, as recently altered and improved
- Description
- View showing the Third Presbyterian Church also known as Old Pine Street Church built 1766-1768 after the designs of Robert Smith at 400-416 South 4th Street. Church remodeled 1857 after the designs of John Fraser. Also shows the church burial ground behind an ironwork fence and partial views of surrounding buildings., Title 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 125. 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., Select link below for a digital image.
- Creator
- Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
- Date
- May 5, 1859
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Churches and Meetinghouses [(3)2526.F.125 (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/2526f125.jpg
- Title
- N.W. cor. 12th & Springgarden Street [sic], 1884
- Description
- Depicts businesses and the Church of the Assumption (1131-1133 Spring Garden) near the northwest corner of North Twelfth and Spring Garden streets. Includes a street market shed, and pedestrian and street traffic, with three horsecars., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., LCP AR (Annual Report) 1975, p. 6-11.
- Creator
- Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist
- Date
- 1884
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Evans watercolors [P.2298.136], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/evans/files/plc136.html
- 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
- [St Mark's Rectory, 18th and Locust Streets, northeast corner, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Depicts view of rectory facade and entrance onto 18th Street, taken from southwest corner of intersection. Parish house designed by architects Hazelhurst & Huckel and built 1892-1893., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: A bit of old England at E. Rittenhouse Sq and Locust St. Fine type of old country house., Duplicate: P.8513.24: 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 220 [P.8513.220], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson220.htm
- Title
- Christ Church, Philada
- Description
- Rooftop view looking northwest showing the east front, south flank, and steeple of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1727-1744 at 22-34 North Second Street. Steeple constructed 1751-1754 after designs by John Harrison II and Robert Smith. Also shows the gated church yard south of the edifice and partial views of adjacent brick buildings., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint on mount., Green 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.9260.35]
- Title
- Unitarian Church, northeast corner of Tenth and Locust Street
- Description
- Exterior view from the southwest of the First Congregational Unitarian Church designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland on the 900 block of Locust Street. Built 1828. Demolished 1885. Also shows three men leaning on an ironwork fence surrounding the church and an abandoned horse-drawn cart on the side of the road., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed in 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 121. 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, Select link below for a digital image., Reaccessioned as 8339.F.7.
- Creator
- Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
- Date
- April 1859
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Churches and Meetinghouses - F [(3)2526.F.121 (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/8339f7.jpg