No.1 Residence of Rt. Rev. Dr. Wm. White, Bishop of Pennsylvania, No. 2 Residence of Chas. Chauncey, Esq. No.3 his law office [graphic] : these houses on Walnut Street No. 3 being one to the n.w. cor. of that and Third Street / Photograph by Richards.
Title
No.1 Residence of Rt. Rev. Dr. Wm. White, Bishop of Pennsylvania, No. 2 Residence of Chas. Chauncey, Esq. No.3 his law office these houses on Walnut Street No. 3 being one to the n.w. cor. of that and Third Street
Description
View showing the 300 block of Walnut street including the former residence of Bishop William White built 1786-1787 (309 Walnut) and the former residence, built 1746, and adjoining law office of attorney Charles Chauncey (307 and 305 Walnut). Chauncey residence tenanted by Petry Brothers' restaurant. View also shows construction debris in the foreground., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., Inscribed on recto of photograph: 1; 2; 3., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 11, page 87. 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, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date
June 1859
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Residences - W [(11)2526.F.87(Poulson)]