Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, View of the front facade of the First Congregational Unitarian Church built in 1828 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland on the 900 block of Locust Street. Includes pedestrian traffic and a partial view of neighboring buildings obscured by trees. The columns supporting the portico of the church were salvaged from Benjamin Latrobe's pump house at Center Square. Church was demolished in 1885.
Creator
Breton, William L., lithographer., creator
Date
[1829]
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W413.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W413 [(4)1322.F.99]
View of the front facade of the First Congregational Unitarian Church built in 1828 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland on the 900 block of Locust Street. Includes pedestrian traffic and a partial view of neighboring buildings obscured by trees. The columns supporting the portico of the church were salvaged from Benjamin Latrobe's pump house at Center Square. Church was demolished in 1885., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 772, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator
Breton, William L., lithographer
Date
[April 1829]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W413 [(4)1322.F.99]
Exterior view from the southwest of the First Congregational Unitarian Church designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland on the 900 block of Locust Street. Built 1828. Demolished 1885. Also shows three men leaning on an ironwork fence surrounding the church and an abandoned horse-drawn cart on the side of the road., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed in photograph., 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 121. 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, Select link below for a digital image., Reaccessioned as 8339.F.7.
Creator
Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date
April 1859
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Churches and Meetinghouses - F [(3)2526.F.121 (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/8339f7.jpg
