Sheet music cover containing a street scene with the Gothic-style hall built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart at 713-721 Chestnut Street. Also shows slight views of adjacent businesses, including Washington House hotel (709-711) and heavy pedestrian and street traffic. On the sidewalk, men and women stroll and convene in conversation. In the street, a horse-drawn omnibus filled with passengers and a carriage with passengers travel past two men on horseback and couples crossing the street near a dog. Building sold circa 1873 following the completion of the new Masonic Temple on North Broad Street., Dedication: Dedicated to the order in commemoration of the opening of the their New Hall in Chesnut [sic] St. Philada., Not in Wainwright., Price printed on recto: 5., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 870, Johns Hopkins University: Levy Collection Box 178, Item 133
Date
c1855
Location
Johns Hopkins University | Special Collections at the Sheridan Libraries. JHU Levy Collection Box 178, Item 133, http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/catalog/levy:178.032
