Exterior view of front facade of hospital built 1856-1861 after designs by John M. Gries. Founded in 1772 by Dr. John Kearsley to support poor and widowed women of the Church of England., Also known as the Kearsley Home., Sheet number: 108B01., Divided back. Post marked 1958., 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. 1958
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hospitals - 108]
View showing the second building of the women's shelter built 1856-1861 after the designs of John M. Gries. Institution founded in 1772 by Dr. John Kearsley to aid indigent women who were members of the Protestant Episcopal Church, predominately clergymen's widows., Attributed to John Moran., Title from manuscript note on mount: Christ Church Hospital., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., 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. 1861
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Hospitals [(8)1322.F.9fx]
Location: Forty-ninth St. at Monument Ave., Published in Edward W. Clark's A Record of the Inscriptions of the Tablets and Grave-Stones in the Burial-Grounds of Christ Church, Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Collins, printer, 705 Jayne Street, 1864), opposite page 85., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Uy8 96795.D., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Exterior view of front facade of hospital built 1856-1861 after designs by John M. Gries. Founded in 1772 by Dr. John Kearsley to support poor and widowed women of the Church of England.
Creator
Tholey, Charles P., d. 1898., creator
Date
[1864]
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W063.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W63 [Uy8 96795.D]
Exterior view of front facade of hospital building constructed 1856-1861 after designs by John M. Gries at 2100 North Forty-ninth Street. Building adorned with Gothic details, including narrow pointed arched windows, gable roofs, pinnacles and spires. A carriage drives away from the front entrance of the home along the same path where pedestrians stroll the grounds. Founded in 1772 by Dr. John Kearsley to support poor and widowed women of the Church of England., Published in Edward W. Clark's A Record of the Inscriptions of the Tablets and Grave-Stones in the Burial-Grounds of Christ Church, Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Collins, printer, 705 Jayne Street, 1864), opposite page 85., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 119, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Uy8 96795.D., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator
Tholey, Charles P., d. 1898, artist
Date
[1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W63 [Uy8 96795.D.85a]
