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Title: Heidelberg Reformed Church, Nineteenth and Oxford Streets, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of church at the northeast corner of Nineteenth and Oxford Streets., Rev. R.C. Zartman, D.D. was pastor when postcard was issued., Sheet number: 50B05., 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 [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Methodist Church, Mt. Airy, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the Methodist Episcopal church at West Mount Pleasant Avenue and Bryan Street in Mount Airy., Sheet number: 50B06., Undivided back. Post marked 1907., 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. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: The Oak Lane Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of church built in 1902 at the southeast corner of North Eleventh Street and Oak Lane. The church was organized on November 20, 1891 and the first service held in May of 1892 in the old church building at the corner of Seventh Street and Sixty-sixth Avenue., Sheet number: 50B06., Undivided back. Post marked 1909., 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. 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Oak Park United Presby
Description: Exterior view of church built in 1905 after designs by George Espie Savage., Numbered 2415 on recto., Sheet number: 50B06., Divided back. Post marked 1908., 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. 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: View of main assembly room, Park Avenue M.E. Church, Philadelphia
Description: Interior view of nave and sanctuary of church built circa 1886 after designs by Hazlehurst & Huckel at the southwest corner of North Park Avenue and West Norris Street., Sheet number: 50B07., Divided back. Post marked 1910., 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 [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Interior, St. James Episcopal Church, 52nd & Master Sts., Philadelphia
Description: Interior view of sanctuary., Sheet number: 50B10., 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 [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: St. John's R.C. Church, Manayunk, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of church built in 1894 after designs by Charles Patrick Keely at the corner of Rector and Cresson Streets in Manayunk., Also known as St. John the Baptist Church., Sheet number: 50B11., Undivided 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. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: St. Laurentius R.C. Church, Memphis & Vienna Sts, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of front and flank of church built in 1890 after designs by Edwin Forrest Durang at the southwest corner of East Berks and Memphis Streets. Traditionally congregation primarily Polish American., Sheet number: 50B11., Undivided 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. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: St. Mary's P.E. Church, 38th & Locust Sts., Easter greetings altar, in memory of Mrs. Isabella Macomb Wetherill
Description: Interior view of altar of church built in 1897 after designs by George Nattress in the middle of the 3900 block of Locust Street. Depicts altar covered in palm fronds for the Easter holiday., Sheet number: 50B12., Undivided 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. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: St. Michael's Ev. Luth. Church
Description: Exterior view of church located in Allentown, Pennsylvania., Sheet number: 50B12., Undivided back. Post marked 1907., 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. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Salem Lutheran Church
Description: Exterior view church built in 1913 by John F. Davies after designs by S.W. Milnor, both of Frankford., Organization of the Salem congregation began in 1888 and a frame chapel was built in 1892., Sheet number: 50B12., Real photo. Undivided 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. 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Schaeffer Ashmead Memorial Church, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Mt. Airy, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the Schaeffer Ashmead Memorial Chapel on the campus of the Lutheran Theological Seminary on Germantown Avenue built in 1901 by Frank Thomas Miller., Sheet number: 50B13A., Undivided 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. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Tioga Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Rev. Rutger Dox, Pastor
Description: Exterior view of church before additions and alterations were made by Heacock and Hokanson in 1926., Sheet number: 50B13B., Undivided 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. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Trinity Presbyterian Church, corner Cambria St. & Frankford Ave
Description: Exterior view of church built in 1876., Postcard issued by A. Schneider, Philadelphia and Excelsior, Inc., Sheet number: 50B13C., Divided back. Post marked 1914., 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. 1914
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Wayland Temple Baptist Church, 25th and Columbia Ave., Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of church organized in 1902. Moved into building depicted in image on May 15, 1949. Church building was formerly home to the Columbia Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church. Columbia Avenue name changed to Cecil B. Moore Avenue., Numbered 43921 on recto., Sheet number: 50B13C., Divided back. Post marked 1952. Text on verso., 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: 1952
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Chambers-Wylie Presby. Church, Broad and Spruce Sts., Phila
Description: Exterior view of church built 1899-1901 after designs by Rankin & Kellogg. Named for three Presbyterian clergymen: John Chambers, Samuel B. Wylie and Theodore W.J. Wylie., Undivided 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. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: [Evangelical Lutheran Tabor Church, Roosevelt Boulevard & Mascher Street, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Exterior view., Divided back. Post marked 1931., 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. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: St. Charles Borromeo R.C. Church 20th and Christian Sts., Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of church built 1868-1876 by Edwin Forrest Durang. Durang and John McShain added the cupola and dome in 1901., Sheet number: 50A06., Divided back. Post marked 1909., 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. 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: St. Clement Episcopal Church postcards
Description: Exterior view of church built 1855-1859 by John Notman. Horace Wells Sellers built the crypt chapel beneath the apse in 1898 and enlarged the sanctuary in 1908. Also includes interior views of the sanctuary and font., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 2 in black and white., Sheet numbers: 50A06 and 50B09., 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 [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Baptist Temple postcards
Description: Contains exterior views of Baptist Temple at North Broad and Berks Streets built in 1889 after designs by Thomas Preston Lonsdale. Also includes an interior view of the pews and balcony looking from the pulpit to the main entrance., Contains 13 postcards printed in color and 5 in black and white., 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: 1905-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Baptist Temple - 47]

Title: First Presbyterian Church, Elizabethtown, N.J
Description: Exterior view showing the Presbyterian church built 1785-1787 in Elizabeth, New Jersey., Contains publisher's label pasted on verso listing the names of the church pastors and briefly describing the history of the congregation., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
Creator: McAllister & Brother
Date: December 1861, c1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [8424.F.11]

Title: Compliments of H. Veit, 36 N. 11th Street, Philadelphia Ice creams, fruits, ices, fancy cakes & confections, special attention given to catering for weddings and parties
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a winter holiday scene showing a man walking up a snow-covered path to a church. A holly plant with red berries flanks the vignette on the left side., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Veit [P.9706]

Title: First Christ Church, Philada
Description: View showing the wood-plank building that served as the first sanctuary for the church founded and built in 1695 by the Church of England at 22-34 North Second Street. A wood fence protects the single-story, cabin-style building and the church bell hangs from the trunk of a tree fashioned as a bell tower. Wood buildings, including a dwelling, flank the church in front of which pedestrians walk. A woman stands in the doorway of the residence and a woman enters the gateway to Christ Church., Published in John F. Watson's Annals of Philadelphia...(Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1830), opp. p. 315., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 258, Trimmed. Originally part of a plate of two images. Second image shows "Shippen's House, So. Second Street.", Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook of "Illustrations of Philadelphia."
Creator: Breton, William L., artist
Date: [1830]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Religion [(2)1525.F.51]

Title: Memorial Baptist Church. N. E. corner Broad & Master sts. Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View showing the Baptist church, its cornerstone laid 1874 and built after the designs of Davis E. Supplee, at Broad and Master streets (i.e., 1400 block of Broad). Handsomely-attired parishioners arrive at the church entrances, walk on the sidewalks, and cross the street. Church includes a circular roof, steeple, and archways over the entrances inscribed "On Earth Peace" and "To God Glory." Trees flank the building., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 466
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Religion [P.9211]

Title: The Calvary Presbyterian Church, Locust Street, - Philadelphia
Description: View showing the Gothic-style Presbyterian church built 1851-1853 after the designs of John Notman at 1508-1514 Locust Street. The building includes two towers that flank a center with gabled roof and contains arched doors and windows. Also shows pedestrian traffic, including two women conversing on the sidewalk and a man entering the church. Adjacent buildings are partially visible. The church was completed for a dissenting congregation that included locomotive industrialist Matthias Baldwin who contributed $10,000 to the over $100,000 construction and land fees., Not in Wainwright., Probably by Henry Steinegger, a Swiss-born lithographer active in the West in the later nineteenth century., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 77, Gift of David Doret., LCP AR [Annual Report] 2002, p. 65., See Catalogue of the twenty-second Exhbition of American Manufactures... (Philadelphia, 1852), p. 19, entry 2909.
Creator: Steinegger, Henry, artist
Date: [ca. 1852]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Religion [P.2002.57]

Title: Universalist Church yard A front view of the church, but more particularly of the yard with the foliage upon the trees
Description: View showing the tree-lined path leading to the first Univeralist church founded in America in Gloucester, Ma. in 1779. Three children stand near the open gate to the yard in the foreground. Church known as the Independent Christian Church., Title from publisher's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Massachusetts., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unid. photo - non-Philadelphia - Massachusetts [5738.F.2d]

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., Church seal with motto "Sigillum Ecclesiae S. Marci Philada. 1848" printed below image., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 711, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Upper left corner missing.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W347 [(5)1322.F.3a]

Title: [St. George's Methodist Church, 235 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View of west front of church built 1763-1812 after designs by master builder Robert Smith on North Fourth Street south of New Street. Construction originally commissioned by German Calvinists who could not afford to fund the project to its completion. Unfinished building subsequently purchased in 1769 by Methodists, who held the first conference of American Methodists here in 1773., Title supplied by cataloger., Upper righthand corner of left albumen print torn., Tan mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Religion [P.9047.131]

Title: Bird's eye view of Philadelphia, showing the river
Description: Bird's eye view looking northeast toward the Delaware River from City Hall tower, showing the tree-covered Franklin Square and the spire of the Arch Street Presbyterian Church (Arch Street above Tenth, built 1823). Includes the empty lot near Twelfth and Filbert Streets where the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad shed would be completed two years after this photograph., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
Date: c1891
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Views [P.9047.38]

Title: St. Michael's Church
Description: View looking southeast at the Roman Catholic church built 1846-1847 after designs by Edwin Forrest Durang at Second and Jefferson Streets in Kensington. Some fashionably dressed parishioners converse on the sidewalk, while others walk in the direction of the church. Includes an enclosed yard (left), the cemetery behind the church, buildings adjacent to the church on Second Street, probably the rectory and/or convent, and a partial view of a street car travelling south on tracks running the length of Second Street. Church erected following the destruction of the first church building during the Nativist Riots on May 8, 1844., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, PAHRC: United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Michael
Creator: Inger, Christian
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Michael

Title: St. Veronica's Church, Philadelphia, Penna
Description: View showing St. Veronica's frame chapel and rectory at Second and Butler Streets. Includes male pedestrians on the sidewalk and a man in church garb standing on the porch of the rectory. This parish outgrew this chapel, situated across from the New Cathedral Cemetery, and moved in 1892 to a newly constructed church at northeast corner of Sixth and Tioga Streets., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 235, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Veronica
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Veronica

Title: [St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church, 4442 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view looking west at the front elevation of the Protestant Episcopal church's second building, built in 1848 on Frankford Avenue (i.e., Main Street). Includes bare trees on the property. Front partially covered in ivy. Demolished ca. 1896., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Manuscript note on verso: H.M.B.S., Gray mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schofield, John, 1835-1910
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schofield - Religion [P.9774.3]

Title: St. Mark's Church, Locust Street above 16th, Phila
Description: Exterior view looking west from Sixteenth Street at the steeple of the Episcopal church built 1848-1851 after the designs of John Notman at 1607-1627 Locust Street. Also shows partial views of other buildings on the tree-lined street, including a dwelling, possibly part of the church, in the foreground., Title from manuscript note on verso., Publisher's printed label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Religion [P.9047.74]

Title: Beth-Eden Church, Broad and Spruce, Philad'a
Description: View looking southwest from Lardner Street (i.e., Manning Street) at the east front and north flank of the Baptist church built circa 1869 after designs by Edward Tuckerman Potter at the northwest corner of Broad and Spruce Streets. Church organized by dissident members from the Spruce Street Baptist Church. Building razed by fire 1881., Title on mount., Photographer's imprint on mount., Faint manuscipt note in pencil on verso: Maggie from Harry 8/17/75., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Religion [P.9047.10]

Title: Baptist Church, 18th & Spring Garden, Phila
Description: View looking north at the ivy-covered church built circa 1861-1863 after designs by Alfred Biles at the northeast corner of Eighteenth and Spring Garden Streets. Also shows the front facade of the adjacent residence (1803 Spring Garden Street). Congregation organized as the Sansom Street Baptist Church by Rev. William Staughton in 1811., Title from manuscript note on photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: R. Newell & Co.
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Religion [P.9047.85]

Title: [All Saints' Church, 12th & Fitzwater Streets] "The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the Lord, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring." Dear friend: the pleasure of your company is requested next Sunday, Sept. 21st, 1879, 10 1/2 o'clock, A.M. and 8 P.M., at the reopening of All Saints' Church, 12th & Fitzwater Streets. Yours truly, the vestry
Description: Invitation depicting an invitation illustrated with a small vignette of the church exterior tucked into a bouquet of lilies. All Saints' Church, founded in 1827, moved into its Twelfth Street building in 1846., Part of title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: 1879
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - All Saints' Church [1975.F.21]

Title: The original Moravian Church of 1742. S.E. corner of Moravian Alley (now Bread St.) & Race St
Description: View of the first Moravian church building in Philadephia built 1742-1743 for the followers of Count Zinzendorf, a Bishop of the Moravian Church. Shows the hip-roof building with a front yard containing a path and a white picket fence in the background. Also shows a partial view of a nearby building. 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 49. [LCP Am 1857 Rit, 75004.0], Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 530, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 138 M 797. HSP copy hand-colored., Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 23:6, uncolored.
Date: [1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Churches & Meetinghouses [P.9830.24]

Title: The original Moravian Church of 1742. S.E. corner of Moravian Alley (now Bread St.) & Race St
Description: View of the first Moravian church building in Philadephia built 1742-1743 for the followers of Count Zinzendorf, a Bishop of the Moravian Church. Shows the hip-roof building with a front yard containing a path and a white picket fence in the background. Also shows a partial view of a nearby building. 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 49. [LCP Am 1857 Rit, 75004.0], Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 530, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 138 M 797. HSP copy hand-colored., Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 23:6, uncolored.
Date: [1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Churches & Meetinghouses [P.9830.24]

Title: The original Moravian Church of 1746 to 1820 with the parsonage, S.E. corner of Moravian Alley (now Race St.) & Race St
Description: Oblique view of the expanded Moravian church with the newly constructed parsonage built in 1746. Shows an elongated hip-roof building on a corner lot. Also shows two small frame structures on the south and east sides of the property. The church building, constructed 1742-1743 for the followers of Count Zinzendorf, a Bishop of the Moravian Church, 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 52. [LCP Am 1857 Rit, 75004.0], Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 531, LCP also holds copy with misprint in title: 1742 instead of 1746. [P.9830.23], Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 138 M 797b
Date: [1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Churches & Meetinghouses [P.9830.22]

Title: The original Moravian Church of 1746 to 1820 with the parsonage, S.E. corner of Moravian Alley (now Race St.) & Race St
Description: Oblique view of the expanded Moravian church with the newly constructed parsonage built in 1746. Shows an elongated hip-roof building on a corner lot. Also shows two small frame structures on the south and east sides of the property. The church building, constructed 1742-1743 for the followers of Count Zinzendorf, a Bishop of the Moravian Church, 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 52. [LCP Am 1857 Rit, 75004.0], Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 531, LCP also holds copy with misprint in title: 1742 instead of 1746. [P.9830.23], Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 138 M 797b
Date: [1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Churches & Meetinghouses [P.9830.22]

Title: Inte rior of the lower audience chamber of the Moravian Church, of 1746
Description: Interior view of the lower audience chamber 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 pulpit, benches, gallery, a ten-plate stove in the middle of the room, a large chandelier suspended from the ceiling, and an organ in the center of the eastern gallery, opposite the pulpit. The church building, which was expanded and a parsonnage added in 1746, 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 55. [LCP Am 1857 Rit, 75004.0], Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 383, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 138 M 797c
Date: [1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Churches & Meetinghouses [P.9830.21]

Title: Inte rior of the lower audience chamber of the Moravian Church, of 1746
Description: Interior view of the lower audience chamber 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 pulpit, benches, gallery, a ten-plate stove in the middle of the room, a large chandelier suspended from the ceiling, and an organ in the center of the eastern gallery, opposite the pulpit. The church building, which was expanded and a parsonnage added in 1746, 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 55. [LCP Am 1857 Rit, 75004.0], Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 383, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 138 M 797c
Date: [1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Churches & Meetinghouses [P.9830.21]

Title: St. David's Church from the W[est, Radnor, Pa.]
Description: Glass negative showing St. David's Church, a one-story stone church building surrounded by trees. A cemetary rests in the field next to the church. St. David’s, originally a Welsh Anglican church built in 1715, became Episcopalian during the Revolution. While the original building was still used for worship and events, the growing congregation led to the construction of new chapels in 1956 and again in 2006., Photographer remarks: This & 3 preceeding taken with G.V. [George Vaux]'s camera., Time: 12:30, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 19, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.760]

Title: Oxford [Trinity] Church from E. across pike, [Olney, PA]
Description: Glass negative showing Trinity Church Oxford, a brick building with a steeple designed by Frank Furness (1839-1912) in the Olney section of Philadelphia. A low stone wall stands in front of the church across from the street. A gate leads into the church cemetary and trees stand on either side of the wall. Church services were first held on this site in 1698 in a log meeting house belonging to the Oxford Society of Friends. Trinity Church Oxford received the deed to the land in 1700. The oldest portion of the church building was completed in 1711. Frank Furness designed additions to the church in the late 19th century., Photographer remarks: Fair sun. Undertimed., Time: 3:20, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: October 31, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1059]

Title: The new Moravian church of 1856, S.W. corner of Wood & Franklin Sts
Description: Exterior view of the third church building, with side courtyard, completed in 1856 after the designs of J. A. C. Trautwine for the Moravian congregation, established in 1742. Trees and an iron-work fence surround the Norman-style building. Neighboring buildings are also visible., Published in Abraham Ritter's History of the Moravian Church in Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Published by Hayes & Zell,1857), opposite page 176., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 504, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: hand-colored in Am 1857 Rit 14341.0 (Rush) and 75004.O., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 138 M 7972e, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 23:7, hand-colored.
Date: 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W386 [Am 1857 Rit 14341.O.opp176 (Rush)], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W386 [Am 1857 Rit 75004.O.opp176]

Title: The original Moravian church of 1820. S.E. corner of Moravian Alley (now Bread Street) & Race St
Description: View showing the new church building, built 1819 after the designs of master builder Joseph Worrel, near the original parsonnage on the 200 block of Race Street. Part of the front facade is visible behind a gate and courtyard extending between two dwellings situated in front of the church. Two men converse in front of one of the residences. Also shows Moravian Alley, i.e., N. Bread Street, and a partial view of a neighboring building in the right of the image. The building was sold in 1854 when the church relocated to a new building built 1855-1856 at Wood and Franklin Streets, Published in Abraham Ritter's History of the Moravian Church in Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Published by Hayes & Zell, 1857), opposite page 168., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 532, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.9830.8 and Am 1857 Rit 75004.0 and 14341.O., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Date: [1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W389 [P.9830.8]

Title: The Catholic Church of St. Mary, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the rectangular front facade, red-brick Roman Catholic church built 1763 and enlarged 1810-1811 (Charles Johnson, master carpenter) at 242-250 S. 4th Street. Crucifixes, arched windows and entrances, and a tablet reading "Founded 1763 Enlarged 1810" adorn the building protected by a brick wall with iron work fencing and gates. Well-dressed men and women, including two women with parasols and a mother and child, walk outside the church property. Cellar doors jut out from the brick wall and a fire hydrant is visible on the sidewalk. Also shows the side of the church and alley in addition to partial views of neighboring buildings., Inscribed on recto: 1830., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 88, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Reaccessioned as P.2203., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 131 S146.
Creator: Breton, William L., artist
Date: [ca. 1829]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W370 [6548.F]

Title: St. John's Church, Philadelphia
Description: 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., 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., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 709.2. Digital image shows third state of print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W346.2 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)]

Title: Christ Church Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1727-1744 at 22-34 North 2nd Street. Also shows pedestrian traffic., 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., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 120.3, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., 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., Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-75.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: 1848, c1840
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W64.3 [(4)1322.F.62e]

Title: The Emmanuel Episcopal Church. [Marlboro' Str. Kensington, Phila.]
Description: 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., Manuscript note on recto: J. Gordon Maxwell in the pulpit., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 206, Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 132 E 549., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Reaccessioned as P.2207.
Creator: Wagner, T. S. (Thomas S.), lithographer
Date: [ca. 1840]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W374 [P.2207]

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