Item Info
Item No: pdcp00580
Title: Carpenters' Hall - Postcard
Additional Title: Philadelphia Carpenters' Hall
Historic Street Address:
320 Chestnut Street
Media Type: Photographic Prints
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
Located: Postcard Collection Under: Philadelphia - Carpenters' Hall
Designed by Robert Smith (1722–1777). Built 1770-1773.
[ON REVERSE] CARPENTER'S HALL 1770 Located at south side of Chestnut Street between Third and Fourth Street A fine old building, its exterior, like the interior, in practically the same condition as when our First Congress assembled, September 5, 1774. Because of its historical importance Carpenters Company in 1857 resolved to dedicate it as a patriotic shrine.
Copyrighted 1949 & Publ. by K. F. Lutz, Philadelphia 43, Pa. No. 154.
Creation Year: ca. 1949
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.147386
Geocode Latitude:39.948158
Creator Name: Lutz, K. F. (Karl F.), 1896- - Photographer
Smith, Robert, 1722-1777 - Architect