View showing the stone edifice of St. James Church, the church's first building, constructed in 1851 after the designs of John T. Mahoney at the southeast corner of Thirty-eighth and Chestnut Streets and two adjacent structures, possibly the church rectory and orphans' home. Shows pedestrians promenading on the sidewalks, including two women walking arm-in-arm along Thirty-eighth Street in the foreground. Also depicts a horse-drawn Chestnut-Walnut Street car travelling west along Chestnut Street. Reverend Francis P. O'Neill served as pastor of the church from 1875 until his death in 1882. Structure demolished in the summer of 1881 for the erection of the Gothic Revival church designed by Edwin F. Durang., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 233, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. James Church
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. James Church
View showing the Roman Catholic Church built 1874-1878 in the High Victorian Gothic style after the designs of Durang at 3801 Spring Garden Street in West Philadelphia. Building includes the octagonal spire erected 1882-1883 and a gable-roof with cross-gables. Near the church, a woman strolls with a parasol, two men convene near a street lamp, two ladies converse with a gentleman, and a man carries a package in front of a fire hydrant. In the street, individuals cross the intersection near a man on horseback and the "Race, Hestonville, Vine, Fairmount & Exchange, Zoological Garden" horse-drawn street car. Also shows a fenced residence adjacent to the church. Residence contains a covered side-porch, addition, and iron-work fencing. Trees surround the property., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 227, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Agatha's
Date
[ca. 1883]
Location
Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Agatha's
View showing the Roman Catholic Church built 1866-1870 after the designs of Edwin F. Durang at 2328 E. Lehigh Street. Also shows the other properties of the church surrounding the building. Includes the rectory (built 1894, Durang), the church cemetery, the original church building partially visible behind the new structure, and the St. Ann School (built 1894-1895, Durang) at 2343 East Tucker Street. Street traffic includes a horse-drawn carriage, electric trolley, and man on horseback. Trees landscape the sidewalks and an iron fence lines the church and cemetery. Cemetery contains several headstones. Electric trolleys began operating in the city in 1892., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 229, PAHRC: Unitrd States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Ann's
Date
[ca. 1895]
Location
Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Ann's
