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Title: Our Mother of Sorrows R.C. Church, 48th & Lancaster Ave., Philadelphia
Description: Interior view of altar and sanctuary of church built in 1867 after designs by Edwin Forrest Durang., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [P.9105.15]

Title: St. John's R.C. Church, Manayunk, Philadelphia
Description: Interior view of the nave and sanctuary. 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., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [P.9050.38]

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. 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: 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: Holy Trinity (Romish) Church, northwest corner of Spruce and Sixth Street
Description: View showing the German Roman Catholic church built 1789 at 601-613 Spruce Street., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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 149. 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., See J. Thomas Scharff's and Thompson Westcott's History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884 (Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co., 1884), vol. 2, p. 1375-76 for history of church.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: June 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Churches and Meetinghouses - H [(3)2526.F.149 (Poulson)]

Title: St. James Catholic Church West_Philadephia in progress of erection for Rev. J. V. O'Keeffe
Description: Exterior view of the church, also known as St. James the Greater, built 1850-1852 at 3728 Chestnut Street. Includes a church tower never completed on the final structure. Demolished in 1881., Title printed on mount., Inscribed on verso: Catholic., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 708, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 131 Sa 23a
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1851]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 131 Sa 23a

Title: St. Augustine's Church
Description: Exterior view showing the Romanesque-style Catholic church built in 1801 after the designs of Douglas Fitzmaurice Fagan at 260-262 North Fourth Street. Includes the tower built in 1829 after the designs of William Strickland. Several parishioners, including men, women, and children, congregate in small clusters on the sidewalk in front of the church. Also shows the adjacent church courtyard protected by a stone wall and surrounding buildings, including one with an awning. The congregation formed in 1796 under Father Matthew J. Carr to serve the large German and Irish immigrant community residing in the northern sections of the city. The church was razed during the Nativist Riots of May 1844., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 705, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 131 S 133, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 22:27, lacking imprint.
Creator: Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist
Date: 1830
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Ba 131 S 133

Title: St. Alphonsu's[sic] Church. Philadelphia
Description: Certificate containing view showing St. Alphonsus, the Roman Catholic church completed circa 1865 after the designs of Napoleon Le Brun, at 4th and Reed streets (1400-1402 S. 4th) in South Philadelphia. A man passes the rectory located at the rear of the church. A parishioner descends the steps of the church. Also shows a neighboring townhouse and two other gentlemen walking on the sidewalk and in the street., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 228, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 131 Sa 22
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 131 Sa 22

Title: St. John's Church, Philadelphia. [graphic] / Lith. of J.T. Bowen.
Description: 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., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: (5)1322.F.70h and 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:, 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.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846 lithographer., creator
Date: 1848, c1840.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W346-3.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W346.3 [(5)1322.F.70h]

Title: St. Peter's Catholic Church of Philadelphia. At Fifth and Franklin Streets., Die Katholische St. Peter's Kirche zu Philadelphia. An der Fünften und Franklin Strasse. [graphic].
Description: Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 131 S149., Select link below for a digital image., Exterior view of the Roman-style German Catholic church, St. Peter the Apostle, built 1842-1847 at 1015 North Fifth Street after the designs of Napoleon Le Brun. Also shows pedestrian traffic, including two children holding hands.
Creator: Herline & Hensel., creator
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W096.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W96 [(5)1322.F.48a & 71a]

Title: St. Vincent De Paul R.C. Church postcards
Description: Interior views of the nave, sanctuary, vault and fresco paintings within St. Vincent De Paul Roman Catholic church built in 1849 at 109 East Price Street., Sheet numbers: 101A07., Divided backs., 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 [Germantown - Churches - 101]

Title: St. John's R.C. Church, Thirteenth St. above Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of front facade of church built in 1900 after designs by Frank Rushmore Watson., Numbered 107 on recto., Sheet number: 50A09., Divided back. Post marked 1917., 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. 1917
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Riot in Philadelphia July 7, 1844
Description: Discrepant news print showing a battle scene from the second series of anti-Catholic riots in Philadelphia in July 1844 that stemmed from the defensive arming of St. Philip de Neri Catholic Church in preparation of a July 4 Nativist party parade. Shows the melee around the city militia under attack from the Protestant rioters depicted as gentlemen in top hats and coats. In the foreground, a rioter picks up a brick as his compatriots fire at a charging band of militiamen near an illuminated lamppost. One soldier lays fallen on the ground as a rioter collapses over him. To the right, a mother flees with her children as men fight hand-to-hand in front of a group of onlookers. The crowd watches another band of militia attempt to guard the targeted Catholic church that is marked "I.H.S. A.D., 1840." In the background, rioters and the militia fire cannons at one another. In actuality, rioters gained control and set the church on fire by the morning of July 7, causing the militia to try and clear a neighboring street on which the combat and cannon fire occurred. The riot, which killed 15, was quelled by the state militia late that evening., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 650, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 892 B 921, LCP exhibit catalog: Made in America, entry #63.
Creator: Bucholzer, H., artist
Date: [1844]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 892 B 921

Title: Die Katholische St. Peter's Kirche zu Philadelphia. An der Fünften und Franklin Strasse
Description: Exterior view of the Roman-style German Catholic church, St. Peter the Apostle, built 1842-1847 at 1015 North Fifth Street after the designs of Napoleon Le Brun. Also shows pedestrian traffic, including two children holding hands., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 183, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 131 S149.
Creator: Herline & Hensel
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W96 [(5)1322.F.48a & 71a]

Title: St. James Church. West Philada Rev. F. P. O'Neill, Pastor
Description: 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

Title: Church of St. Philip Neri. Philadelphia, Penna Rev. N. Cantwell, Pastor
Description: View showing the Roman Catholic church built in 1840 after designs by architect Eugene Napoleon Le Brun. View includes two horse-drawn coaches travelling Queen Street, pedestrians promenading, and a church rectory or convent building immediately west of the church building. Damaged during the Nativist Riots in the spring of 1844, the church maintained most of its original appearance. Reverend Nicholas Cantwell served as pastor of the church from 1845 until his death in 1899., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 37, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Philip Neri
Creator: Packard, Herbert S., 1850-1912, artist
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Philip Neri

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., Issued as plate 19 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 709.1. Digital image shows third state of print., Copyrighted by J.C. Wild and J.B. Chevalier., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 6626.F and Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson)., (5)1322.F.71b originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W346.1 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 6626.F and 3008.Q (Poulson); (5)1322.F.71b]

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 709.3, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: (5)1322.F.70h and 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:, 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: 1848, c1840
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W346.3 [(5)1322.F.70h]

Title: Holy Trinity, Sixth and Spruce sts
Description: Shows the German Roman Catholic church built 1789 at 601-613 Spruce Street. View also includes street railroad tracks in the foreground., Photographer's imprint and title printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited ., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Religion [(4)1322.F.74b]

Title: St. Vincent de Paul's Church, Germantown, Pa
Description: View showing the church complex of the Catholic parish, including the church (built 1849-1851, enlarged 1857), and seminary and chapel (completed in 1879) at 109 East Price Street. Complex also includes a landscaped lawn with a statue, probably of St. Vincent de Paul. Horse-drawn carriages travel in front of the buildings near pedestrians, including a priest, on the sidewalk. The church was the first parish named after St. Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century French priest and founder of the Congregation of the Mission., Contains dashed lines below the image., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 236, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 131 S 155, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Vincent de Paul
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 131 S 155

Title: The directory and prefect of the Sodality of St. Joseph's Church, Philada. To all who shall see the present letters greeting in the Lord
Description: Confirmation certificate containing allegorical and religious scenes and vignettes set within a border designed as an arch adorned with ornamentations and vinery. Scenes show the confirmation ceremonies for a group of boys and a group of girls, and a view of heaven with the Holy Mother receiving those who have departed the earth. Includes angels, some holding the banner "I.H.S. Behold Thy mother" surrounding the Mother of God who receives men, a woman, and child attired in Reniassance garb. Additional imagery includes an altar boy holding a crucifix, a female harpist, and a framed, vignette depiction of the Holy Mother encircled by text reading "Soldality of B.V.M. St. Joseph's Church Phia.", Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 185, Library of Congress: DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Sodality
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: 1860
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Sodality

Title: Cathedral of St. Peter & St. Paul Philadelphia The above building is two hundred and sixteen feet in lenght [sic], and one hundred and thirty feet in width, the corner stone of which was laid in September 1846
Description: Exterior view showing the Roman-Corinthian-style Catholic cathedral built 1846-1864 after the designs of Napoleon Le Brun (interior) and John Notman (exterior) on Eighteenth Street, north of Race Street. Contains four columns at the entrance above which the quote "Ad Majorem Del Gloraim" is inscribed, four niches adorned with statuary on the front elevation, two small spires, and a large dome to the rear of the building. A small number of parishioners, predominately women with children, sit and stand at the base and top of the steps leading to the sanctuary. Another woman holds a parasol and ascends the steps., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 87, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 131 C 363a
Creator: Schnabel, Edward, artist
Date: [ca. 1854]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 131 C 363a

Title: Church of the Assumption. Spring Garden St. betw. 11th & 12th St. Philadelphia
Description: View showing the front elevation of the Gothic-style church built 1848-1849 after the designs of Patrick Neeley at 1133 Spring Garden Street. An iron work fence lines the building that contains two towers. Church closed by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in 1995., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, PAHRC: United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Church of the Assumption
Creator: Kramer, Peter, 1823-1907, artist
Date: [ca. 1849]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Church of the Assumption

Title: Church of Our Lady of Consolation. Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa In charge of the Augustinian Fathers
Description: Certificate containing an exterior view of the Roman Catholic church, also known as St. Mary's Lady of Consolation Church, and later Our Mother of Consolation Church, built in 1855 at 7-25 East Chestnut Hill Avenue. Church contains the Gothic spire built in 1885. A Victorian-style residence stands adjacent to the church and an iron-work fence bordered by bushes line the properties. A man enters the church building while nearby a lady walks across the path in the sidewalk, which leads to the church yard. In the street, a horse-drawn buggy travels. On the opposite sidewalk, a gentleman on a stroll walks in the direction of two young men, one carrying a basket on his arm. Also shows a street lamp. The church, founded in 1855, was built with funding from founding parishioner Joseph Middleton., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 32, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Our Lady of Consolation
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Our Lady of Consolation

Title: Church of St. Charles Borremeo. Twentieth and Christian Streets Philadelphia Rev. J. O'Reilly, pastor
Description: View showing the Roman Catholic Church built 1868-1876 in a High Victorian baroque style after the designs of Edwin Forest Durang at 900 S. 20th Street. Building contains a French-roof tower, domed tower with clock faces, and gable roof. Two men converse at the corner near a fire hydrant. An iron-work fence lines the side of the building., Not in Wainwright., Label pasted on recto: Presented by Martin J. Griffin., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 35, PAHRC: United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Charles Borromeo, Griffin, a Catholic historian, writer and editor of The Catholic Standard and Times, was founder of the America Catholic Historical Society, in 1884. The Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center provides research access to the collections of the society.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Charles Borromeo

Title: Ruins of St. Augustines Church North 4th Street Phila. Destroyed by a mob on the evening of the 8th of May 1844. [graphic] / L.F.
Description: Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Date: 1844.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W322.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W322 [P.2182]

Title: St. Francis Xavier's Church. Philadelphia, Penna Rev. James Maginn, Pastor
Description: View showing the Roman Catholic church at Twenty-fifth and Biddle Streets (i.e., Buttonwood Street) below the Fairmount Waterworks Basin in Fairmount. Church contains a dome and bell tower. Also shows an adjacent four-story rectory building, convent, or school. Building contains an attached covered shed. Trees line the church properties. Street and pedestrian traffic includes individuals crossing the street, strolling on the sidewalk, and a horse-drawn carriage with passengers. Rev. Maginn was appointed pastor in 1863. The church relocated to a new building at 24th and Green streets in 1898 with the Philadelphia Museum of Art erected at the prior location., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 232, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Francis Xavier's Church
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Francis Xavier's Church

Title: Ruins of St. Augustines Church North 4th Street Phila Destroyed by a mob on the evening of the 8th of May 1844
Description: View showing the ruins of the Catholic church, at 260-262 North Fourth Street, destroyed by fire during the Nativist Riots of May 1844. Behind a stone and iron work fence, the damaged outer walls remain standing of the church that was built in 1801 after the designs of Douglas Fitzmaurice Fagan. On the sidewalk, pedestrians, including a pair of men and women and a couple, walk past, point, and discuss the ruins. Also shows another woman facing away from the destroyed church and a dog walking near the pair of men. The congregation formed in 1796 under Father Matthew J. Carr to serve the large German and Irish immigrant community residing in the northern sections of the city. The May riots (May 6-8, 1844) began during a confrontation between Irish-Catholics and participants of an American Nativist Party rally held in the Irish neighborhood of Kensington., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 666, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Date: 1844
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W322 [P.2182]

Title: Interior view of the new church of St. Joseph Philada. (Founded 1733 - Enlarged 1821 - Rebuilt 1838 - Consecrated 1839.) Erected on the site of the old Church of St. Joseph, the first R. C. Church erected in the State of Pennsylvania. Founded by the Society of Jesus and rendered memorable as the first temple in which the Hymn of Thanksgiving was chanted to the God of armies in the presence of Washington & his military staff and the representatives of France & the United States, for the blessing bestowed on the infant Republic in the struggle for right & liberty
Description: View looking toward the altar (east end) of the church built 1838-1839 after the designs of master designer and parishioner John Darragh at 321-327 Willings Alley. Shows the altar comprised of doubled Ionic columns surmounted by a bold curved pediment adorned with six tall candles and the Crucifixion painting by parishioner Sylvano Martinez. Two female parishioners sit and another stands, under chandeliers, in the front row of the pews in the left and right of the image. Also shows the side chambers flanking the altar, balconies, and framed paintings hanging on the walls., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 388, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator: Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790, artist
Date: [ca. 1840]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W187 [P.2052]

Title: Cathedral of St. Peter & St. Paul, Logan Square Philadelphia Pa
Description: Exterior view showing the Roman-Corinthian-style Catholic cathedral built 1846-1864 after the designs of Napoleon Le Brun (interior) and John Notman (exterior) on Eighteenth Street, north of Race Street. Includes the adjacent "Episcopal Residence" and "Seminary of St. Charles Borremes" (i.e., Borremeo). Several pedestrians, including couples on promenade, walk on the sidewalk in front of the buildings. Parishioners ascend the steps of the cathedral, and a woman and child cross and horse-drawn carriages travel in the street. The Borremeo seminary operated from Eighteenth Street from 1839 until 1871 when it move to Overbrook., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 85, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 131 C 363
Creator: Boell, William
Date: 1864
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 131 C 363

Title: Church of Our Lady of the Visitation, cor. Lehigh Ave. and Leamy St. Philadelphia Pa Rev. Thomas J. Barry pastor
Description: View showing the Roman Catholic church, also known as Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, completed circa 1879 at 2625 B Street in Kensington. On the sidewalk, pairs of men converse near street lamps, two passing boys, and a well-dressed lady. In the street, a man rides on horseback past two priests as a woman with a little girl crosses nearby. Parish established circa 1873 under the name of St. Cecilia. Rev. Thomas J. Barry, who changed the location and name of the church, was appointed pastor in 1875., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 33, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Our Lady of the Visitation
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Our Lady of the Visitation

Title: St. Agatha's Church Philadelphia, Penna Rev. John E. Fitzmaurice pastor
Description: 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

Title: Church of St. Charles Borremeo. Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Certificate showing the interior of the Roman Catholic Church built 1868-1876 in a High Victorian baroque style after the designs of Edwin Forest Durang at 900 S. 20th Street. View looks toward the ornate rectangular chancel, with sculptural details, including angels, and a crucifix icon. Side altars include religious icons and sculptural details. Also shows a crucifix adorning a side wall, low-hanging chandelier in front of the altar, stained glass windows, pews, and balconies. Image contains ornamented cornices, including one containing "IHS.", Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 34, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Charles Borromeo
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Charles Borromeo

Title: Church of St. Edward the Confessor Philadelphia, Penna Rev. P. F. Sullivan pastor
Description: View showing the Roman Catholic Church at 2401-2427 North 8th Street built as an Episcopal church and bought by the Archdiocese for the parish established in 1865. Also shows the adjacent church school. The church, which does not contain a tower, and school are surrounded by a yard with trees that is protected by a picket fence. A few pedestrians, including a woman and child, walk on the sidewalk in front of the property. Rev. P. F. Sullivan assumed the pastorship of the church in 1873. A cornerstone for a new church was laid in 1883., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 36, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Church of St. Edward the Confessor
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Church of St. Edward the Confessor

Title: Interior of St. Malachy's Church, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Confirmation and Holy Commmunion certificate containing an interior view of the Roman Catholic church built 1851 after the designs of Joseph D. Koecker in North Philadelphia. View looks toward the altar of the ornately decorated church and shows a large painting of the crucifixion behind the altar; other religious paintings; pews; small altars adorned with several candles; a frescoed ceiling; and religious statuary. Founded by Irish immigrants and the Sisters of Mercy in 1850, the church was nicknamed the "Church in the woods.", Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 120, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Malachy
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Malachy

Title: Church of St. Vincent de Paul, Germantown, Phila. Pa
Description: View showing the ornate interior of the Catholic church built 1849-1851 and enlarged in 1857 at 109 East Price Street. Looking toward the nave, the view includes the chancel, crucifix, wineglass pulpit, pews, stained glass windows, icons and angels depicted in murals and framed paintings, and the frescoed base of the church's dome. The church was the first parish named after St. Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century French priest and founder of the Congregation of the Mission., Contains dashed lines below the image., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 38, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Vincent de Paul interior
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Vincent de Paul interior

Title: Church of the Assumption, 12th & Spring Garden Sts., Philadelphia
Description: Shows the Catholic church built 1848-1849 after the designs of Patrick Keeley at 1133 Spring Garden Street. Also shows neighboring buildings including the Central Hotel (1137 Spring Garden) and partial views of a cigar store and the Spring Garden Street market between Marshall and 12th streets., Attributed to John Moran., Title printed on mounts., Stereograph on trimmed pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Religion [(5)1322.F.69b], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - Moran - Religion [1322.F.40e]

Title: [St. Malachy's Church, 1429 North 11th Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Interior views showing the altar during Christmas of the Roman Catholic church built 1851 after the designs of Joseph D. Koecker in North Philadelphia. Includes a large painting of the crucifixion behind the altar; other religious paintings; a garland decorated pulpit; pews; small altars adorned with several candles; and a man standing in the aisle of the church. One view also shows a service in progress., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to McAllister & Brother., Contains stereographic prints mounted on yellow paper mounts with square corners, including one with a manuscript title and one accompanied by a label inscribed: St. Malachi Church, 11th above Master, Christmas Day 1860. Also contains one-half stereographic print mounted on paper., 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 25, 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(5)1322.F.40f, g & j], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(5)1322.F.40i]

Title: Interior of Holy Trinity Church. Philadelphia Penna
Description: Confirmation and Holy Commmunion certificate containing an interior view of the German Roman Catholic church built 1789 at 601-613 Spruce Street. View looks toward the recessed altar of the ornately decorated church. Several candles line the altar in front of an altarpiece showing Christ on the cross. Interior includes a frescoed ceiling, religious statuary, a raised pulpit, smaller altars, pews adorned with lamps, and framed artwork. Also contains fan details in the lower corners of the image., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 119, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 132 H 748, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Holy Trinity
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 132 H 748

Title: Interior of St. Mary's Church Philadelphia Penna
Description: Confirmation and Holy Commmunion certificate containing an interior view showing the ornate altar of the Roman Catholic church built 1763 and enlarged 1810-1811 (Charles Johnson, master carpenter) at 242-250 S. 4th Street. Includes a large crucifix carved circa 1810 by William Rush behind the altar; the baptismal font; alcoves with holy figure sculptures; a ceiling mural of the Virgin Mary; and the pews and balconies. St. Marys served as the city's first Catholic Cathedral 1810-1837., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 121, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Old St. Mary
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Old St. Mary

Title: St. Augustine's Church. Philadelphia, Penna
Description: View showing the second edifice of the Roman Catholic church built 1848-1849 after the designs of Napoleon Le Brun at 260-262 North Fourth Street. Building contains the steeple added in 1867 after the designs of Edwin F. Durang. Neighboring residences, a business adorned with an awning, and the church cemetery are visible adjacent to St. Augustine's. In front of the church, pedestrians, including a mother and child, stroll; a newsboy runs toward a parked carriage; and a man crosses the street. Also shows a fire hydrant, street lamps, and the church property protected by an ironwork fence and stone wall with doorway., Not in Wainwright., Contains inset titled "St. Augustine's School and Parochial Residence, E.F. Durang, Arch't." Shows the three-story school rebuilt in 1870 and the adjoining parochial residence on the north side of the church. Includes light pedestrian traffic., Reproduction of print published as frontispiece to Rev. Francis X. McGowan, ed., Historical Sketch of St. Augustine's Church, Philadelphia, Pa. 1796-1896 (Philadelphia: Published by the Augustinian Fathers, 1896), Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 230, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Augustine's
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Augustine's

Title: St. Bonifacius Church. Norris Square Philadelphia, Penna
Description: View showing the Roman Catholic church, also known as St. Boniface, built 1868-1872 at Diamond and North Hancock streets in Kensington. St. Boniface School stands adjacent to the church. An American flag adorns the roof. Pedestrians walk and greet one another on the sidewalk in front of the church and on the opposite side of the street in front of Norris Square. Two gentlemen cross the street near a parked carriage and another transporting two ladies. Iron work fences line the church and square in which trees are visible., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 231, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Bonifacius
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Bonifacius

Title: St. Ann's Church Philadelphia, Pa
Description: 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

Title: Interior of St. Philip Neri Church. Philadelphia, Penna
Description: Confirmation and Holy Communion certificate containing an interior view of the Roman Catholic church built in 1840 after designs by architect Eugene Napoleon Le Brun. View looks toward the nave of the ornately decorated church and shows boys and girls kneeling in a long row in front of the chancel rail during their Holy Communion ceremony. Two priests flank the bishop as he addresses the children from within the chancel. Murals and statuary of religious icons and angels adorn the sanctuary, frescoed ceiling, and alcoves of the church. Damaged during the Nativist Riots in the spring of 1844, the church maintained most of its original appearance., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Philip Neri interior
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Philip Neri interior

Title: Our Mother of Sorrows, Cathedral Cemetery W. Philadelphia
Description: View showing the Roman Catholic Church (corner stone laid 1867, 4800-4814 Lancaster Avenue), and adjacent St. Johns Orphan Asylum (built circa 1852) at the east end of the Cathedral Cemetery. In the right of the image, the Gothic-style church stands next to the gated entrance with gatehouse to the cemetery. A small church outbuilding, trees and paths landscape the church grounds. On a hillside behind the church, the asylum is visible. Several children stroll and play under the presence of Sisters of St. Joseph on the tree-lined property. In the foreground, pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages and buggies travel on Lancaster Avenue. Also includes printed annotations for the "Cemetery Gate" and "48th St." Our Mother, built after the designs of Edwin Forest Durang, replaced St. Gregory's Church built on the site soon after the purchase of the land in 1849 by Bishop Francis Patrick Kenrick for the development of a cemetery and other Catholic institutions in West Philadelphia., Not in Wainwright., Copyright secured., Date inferred from variant duplicate in the Print and Photograph Collection at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Inscribed in block letters below title: Original Plan - 1875., Philadelphia on Stone, PAHRC: United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Our Mother
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Our Mother

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