Castner Scrapbook v.18, Chestnut Street – Residences 1, page 11
Historical Images of Philadelphia Castner Scrapbook Collection
Item Info
Historic Street Address: 1901 Walnut Street (19th & Walnut, NW corner)
Historic Street Address: 22nd & Walnut Streets, SE corner
Historic Street Address: 3814 Walnut Street (39th & Walnut, SE corner)
Historic Street Address: 858 N. Broad Street (SW corner of Broad & Poplar)
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
Items 1 (top left): Image of an ad for the sale of the Center City residence of George W. Childs, located on the SE corner of 22nd & Walnut Streets. Childs was a publisher and co-owner of the Public Ledger. Reproduction of a photograph for an unidentified publication, 11 x 8.5 cm, undated. ?
Item 2, top right: Image of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, at 1234 Locust Street (13th & Locust, SW corner). The building was designed by William Strickland, in the Greek Revival Style, and purchased by General Robert Patterson in 1836. After Patterson's death in 1881, the Historical Society purchased the building, occupying it until it was demolished between 1905-1909. A new fireproof building, designed by Addison Hutton, was erected in 1910 at the same location; the Society has continued at this location to this day. Reproduction of a photograph for an unidentified publication, 11 x 8.5 cm, undated.
Item 3, center left: Image of the Center City residence of Algernon Sydney Roberts, at 19th & Walnut Streets, NW corner. It was originally designed in 1839 by architect John Haviland, for Dr. Philip Syng Physick, Jr., and dubbed "Physick's Folly." It was sold in 1846 to Roberts. In 1925, it was sold to (and demolished by) the builders of Rittenhouse Plaza. Reproduction of a photograph for an unidentified publication, 11 x 9 cm, ca. 1900.
Item 4, center right : See Item 1 above, same photograph.
Item 5, bottom left: Image of an ad for the sale of the Charles J. Harrah residence, at 858 N. Broad Street (SW corner of Broad & Poplar Streets). It existed from 1887-1909, then was demolished and replaced by the Metropolitan Opera House (built by Oscar Hammerstein). Reproduction of a photograph for an unidentified publication, 11 x 8.5 cm, undated.
Item 6, bottom right: Image of an ad for the sale of the West Philadelphia residence of the Anthony J. Drexels, at the SE corner of 39th & Walnut Streets. It was a 45-room Italianate mansion, which was replaced after Drexel's death in 1893 by another mansion, for businessman/philanthropist Samuel Fels (today, the UPenn Fels Institute of Government). Reproduction of a photograph for an unidentified publication, 11 x 8.5 cm, undated.
Creation Year: 1845
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.162149
Geocode Latitude:39.947783
Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.18
Creator Name: Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler
John Haviland - Architect
William Strickland - Architect
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