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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: 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: Central Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia
Description: Interior views showing the altar and organ gallery of the church built 1833 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter at the southeast corner of Eighth and Cherry streets. Views also show individuals posed near pews, the altar, and organ, including a man sweeping below the organ gallery., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Includes three stereographic prints mounted on paper with publisher's labels pasted on verso describing the church building and the history of the congregation, including two with titles inscribed on the mount., 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 photo - McAllister & Bro. [(4)1322.F.36d; (4)1322.F.37a & b], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - McAllister & Bro. [(4)1322.F.38b]

Title: Seventh Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior and interior views of the church built 1842 after the designs of Napoleon LeBrun on Broad Street between Penn Square and Chestnut Street. Views show the front facade of the Greek Revival-style church, the altar, and pews as well as a group portrait of the controversial General Assembly of 1861 photographed May 29th, the day before the affirmative vote of the Gardner Springs resolution that required pastors and members of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. to swear political allegiance to the Federal Government. Exterior views also include street lamps and a partial view of an adjacent building., Contains two stereographic prints mounted on pale yellow mounts with square corners and printed titles, including one accompanied by a publisher's label describing the church and the history of the congregation. Also contains two stereographic prints mounted on paper and accompanied by publisher's labels; a one-half stereographic print mounted on paper; and two cartes de visite., One of the images [(4)1322.F.43a] 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 #173., Two of the images [(4)1322.F.43a & g] 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. 43., Arcadia caption text [(4)1322.F.43a]: In May 1861, at the dawn of the Civil War, the General Assembly of the Old School Presbyterian Church gathered at the Seventh Church for its annual meeting. The meeting, a venue to address common concerns, became the last of a united Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. for 122 years. As a result of the passage of the Gardner Springs resolution, which required pastors and church members to swear political allegiance to the Federal Government, the Southern congregations of the Church formed the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America., Arcadia caption text [(4)1322.F.43g]: The Seventh Presbyterian Church, the main site of public meetings in the Presbyterian community, was located on Broad Street above Chestnut Street. Built in 1842 after the designs of Philadelphia architect Napoleon Le Brun, the Classical-style church housed a congregation founded in 1804 by English Independents. In 1884, 23 years after this photo was taken, the congregation, reconstituted as the Tabernacle Church, held its last service at the site before relocating to Thirty-Seventh and Chestnut streets., 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: May 1861, c1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [1322.F.43b; (4)1322.F.43c, d, & g; (4)1322.F.44a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.43a & f]

Title: First United Presbyterian Church, southwest corner of Broad and Lombard streets, Philadelphia
Description: Primarily interior views showing the altar and pews of the church erected in 1855 on the 500 block of South Broad Street. Views include a man, presumably Rev. Francis Church, at the pulpit in front of a recess heavily adorned with ornamentation. Also includes an exterior view of the church., Contains four stereographic prints mounted on paper with two accompanied by publisher's labels describing the church building and history of the congregation and one [(4)1322.F.41b] with manuscript note on mount: First United Presbyterian Church S.W. corner Broad & Lombard Sts. Also contains one stereographic image mounted on yellow paper mount with square corners, hand-colored, printed title, and accompanied by publisher's label., (4)1322.F.42a and (4)1322.F.42ax 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 [1322.F.42a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.41b; (4)1322.F.42ax; (4)1322.F.42b & c]

Title: West Arch Street Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia
Description: Interior views of the church also known as Arch Street Presbyterian Church built by Joseph DeNegre in 1855 after the designs of Joseph C. Hoxie at 1726-1732 Arch Street. Shows the Corinthian tetrastyle portico chancel, the organ gallery on the north wall, the stained glass window on the east wall, and pews. Also includes views of lit gas lights near the altar., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Contains seven stereographic prints mounted on yellow or white paper mounts with square corners, including two with printed titles, one [(4)1322.F.44b] hand-colored, and one accompanied by a publisher's label listing the church officials and describing the church and history of the congregation. Also contains a stereographic print mounted on paper with a publisher's label pasted on the verso; one-half stereographic print; and one carte-de-visite., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
Creator: McAllister & Brother
Date: May 1861, c1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.44a(v);(4)1322.F.44b; (4)1322.F.44b(v); (4)1322.F.45d; (4)1322.F.45x; (4)1322.F.46a,d & e], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McAllister & Bro. [(4)1322.F.46b], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.46c]

Title: West Spruce Street Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia
Description: Interior views of the altar of the church, also known as the Tenth Presbyterian Church, built 1855-1857 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. at 1700-1708 Spruce Street. Views include, the minister presumably Rev. William P. Breed, at the pulpit; the ornate arched ceiling; and pews. Congregation organized in 1856., Attributed to McAllister & Brother., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Contains two stereographic prints mounted on white paper mounts with square corners and manuscript titles. Also contains two one-half stereographic prints mounted on paper and one carte-de-visite., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
Creator: McAllister & Brother
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.47a-d], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.47f]

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