Item Info
Item No: pdcm00281b
Title: Girard Square, Park & Residences
Additional Title: Between 21st & 22nd Streets, Porter & Shunk Streets
Creation Date:
10/25/1948
Historic Street Address: 2101 W. Shunk Street
Media Type: Photographic Negatives
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
Image created for O. J. Stern
Girard Square was the South Philadelphia country estate and residence of philathropist Stephen Girard, who willed the property to the City of Philadelphia upon his death, in 1831. The mansion, which can be seen through the trees, was called Gentilhommerie. Since 1951, the square officially became Stephen Girard Park, under the management of the Fairmount Park Commission.
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.183181
Geocode Latitude:39.920347
Creator Name: Parker & Mullikin - Photographer