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Photo, Print, Drawing The New Masonic Hall, Philadelphia.

About this Item

Title

  • The New Masonic Hall, Philadelphia.

Summary

  • This lithograph from circa 1855 shows an exterior view of the four-story Gothic-style New Masonic Hall, located at 713-721 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. The hall was built 1853--55 after the designs of the Philadelphia architectural firm Sloan & Stewart, established in 1853 by architect Samuel Sloan and carpenter John Stewart. A small portion of the adjacent Washington House Hotel signboard is visible on the right. On the sidewalk, pedestrians (including men wearing top hats and holding canes, women with parasols, and a child wearing a wide-brimmed hat) greet one another, converse, stroll, and admire the building. The building was sold circa 1873 following the completion of the new Masonic Temple on North Broad Street and was later destroyed by fire in 1883. The artist, Charles P. Tholey (1832--95), was born in Germany and immigrated to Philadelphia with his father and brother circa 1848. He delineated lithographs and depicted cityscape views, landscapes, and historical scenes. The lithography firm for this image was Friend & Aub, a partnership established circa 1852 between lithographers Norman Friend and Jacob Aub.

Names

  • Aub, Jacob, active 1845-1860 Lithographer.
  • Friend, Norman M., born approximately 1815 Lithographer.
  • Tholey, Charles P., died 1898 Artist.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : J.G. Simpson, 1855.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  1855
  • -  Architecture, Gothic
  • -  Cities and towns
  • -  Fraternal lodges
  • -  Freemasons
  • -  Hoxie, S. K
  • -  Lithographs
  • -  Masonic buildings
  • -  Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884
  • -  Stewart, John, active 1845-1885
  • -  Street scenes

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Digital catalog number: POS 501"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph, tinted with one stone ; 66 x 51 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: The Library Company of Philadelphia.
  • -  Content in English.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Philadelphia on Stone

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021670383

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Aub, Jacob, Active Lithographer, Norman M Friend, and Charles P Tholey. The New Masonic Hall, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1855. Philadelphia: J.G. Simpson. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670383/.

APA citation style:

Aub, J., Friend, N. M. & Tholey, C. P. (1855) The New Masonic Hall, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1855. Philadelphia: J.G. Simpson. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670383/.

MLA citation style:

Aub, Jacob, Active Lithographer, Norman M Friend, and Charles P Tholey. The New Masonic Hall, Philadelphia. Philadelphia: J.G. Simpson. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670383/>.