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Title: S. W. view of the old court house in Market Street, Philada at the time of its being taken down (7th April 1837)
Description: View showing the demolition of the courthouse built 1707 by carpenter Samuel Powell on North Second Street above Market Street. Laborers tear off the roof that is down to the rafters and knock down the eaves of the gutted building adorned with broadsides. Debris covers the area in front of the building, and men and women spectators and passersby watch the work from near a line of crates and barrels in the street. Also shows a horse pulling an unseen dray and partial views of neighboring buildings and the adjacent market stalls (built 1710). The court house was utilized as the town hall, seat of the Legislature, market house and the Pennsylvania statehouse until Independence Hall was opened in 1748. Building demolished in 1837., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 672, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 25:77, Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, See companion print: N. E. view of the old court house in Market Street Philada [W243, P.2101]
Creator: Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
Date: 1837
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W326 [P.2184]

Title: Carpenter's Hall
Description: View of the front facade of the Hall looking south down Congress Place. Building on left of alley is being demolished. The Hall, built between 1770 and 1774 by the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia after designs by member Robert Smith, served as the meeting place for the First Continental Congress in 1774., Title printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views relating to Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1872
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Associations [(8)1322.F.7h]

Title: Carpenter's Hall, Phila[delphia] from rear, M. Thomas & Sons [Auctioneers] building being torn down
Description: Glass negative showing Carpenters' Hall, a two-story building with a central tower, two chimneys, and shuttered windows on the lower level. A group of men work in the street in the foreground tearing down the remains of the M. Thomas & Sons Auctioneers building. The Carpenters’ Company of the City and County of Philadelphia was founded in 1724. By the early 21st century, it was the oldest extant craft guild in the United States. They built their hall from 1770 to 1775 as a meeting place. Other notable institutions that used the hall include the First Continental Congress, the Library Company of Philadelphia, the American Philosophical Society, and the First Bank of the United States. The hall became part of Independence National Historical Park in the 20th century., Photographer remarks: Fair sun., Time: 2:05, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: November 9, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1060]

Title: Carpenter's Hall [from rear], [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing Carpenters' Hall, a two-story building with a central tower, two chimneys, and shuttered windows on the lower level. A group of men work in the street in the foreground tearing down the remains of the M. Thomas & Sons Auctioneers building. The Carpenters’ Company of the City and County of Philadelphia was founded in 1724. By the early 21st century, it was the oldest extant craft guild in the United States. They built their hall from 1770 to 1775 as a meeting place. Other notable institutions that used the hall include the First Continental Congress, the Library Company of Philadelphia, the American Philosophical Society, and the First Bank of the United States. The hall became part of Independence National Historical Park in the 20th century., Same views as last., Photographer remarks: Fair sun obscured by flecey [sic] clouds., Time: 2:10, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: November 9, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1061]

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