View looking south at the front elevation of the residence built in 1835 after designs by Thomas Walter Ustick for railroad executive Matthew Newkirk at the southwest corner of Thirteenth and Arch streets. Shows the building before it was physically converted to the headquarters of the Society of the Sons of St. George in 1876, which included adding a third floor and a statue of St. George slaying the dragon over the front portico. Also includes a horse-drawn coach traveling west on Arch Street in the foreground and trolley tracks in the cobblestone street. Also known as St. George's Hall, the building was demolished circa 1903, after the society moved to 19th and Arch Streets., Title from manuscript note on verso., Printed on mount: Arch Street, Philadelphia., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
[ca. 1876]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Associations [P.9047.84]