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
