Castner Scrapbook v.19, Disasters, Criminal Prisons 1, page 30
Historical Images of Philadelphia Castner Scrapbook Collection
Item Info
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
Item 1, entire page: Newspaper article, with text and two images, about an April 16, 1902, electrical fire that gutted the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Saviour, at 19 S. 38th Street. The outer walls survived, but the interior and roof were destroyed. The building was built in 1889, by architect Charles M. Burns; he also spent four years rebuilding it after the fire, from 1902-1906. What hadn't been destroyed by fire was crushed by the fallen roof. Details are given of the loss of the chancel, altar, pipe organ, pulpit, and baptistry; also lost were prized stained glass windows, statuary, and paintings. A dozen fire companies, as well as neighbors and University of Pennsylvania students, responded to save whatever property they could. Area churches and nearby Drexel Institute offered temporary use of their facitities to Reverend Dr. William B. Bodine, rector of the displaced congregation. The upper photograph (11.5 x 15.5 cm) shows the devastation inside the church; the lower photograph (5.5 x 9.5 cm) is a portrait of Dr. Bodine, taken by Frederick Gutekunst. The article appeared in an unidentified newspaper, 4/17/1902.
For another photograph of the ruined church interior, see the next item, #pdcc3186.
Creation Year: 1845
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.198046
Geocode Latitude:39.955706
Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.19
Creator Name: Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler
Charles M. Burns - Architect
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