Photo, Print, Drawing Bennett's Tower Hall, Front Elevation. 518 Market Street, Philadelphia. Front elevation
About this Item
Title
- Bennett's Tower Hall, Front Elevation. 518 Market Street, Philadelphia.
Other Title
- Front elevation
Summary
- This circa 1867 lithograph by architect Samuel Sloan (1815--84) was a plate in an architectural design book; it shows an exterior view of Bennett's Tower Hall, a five-and-one-half story, tower-shaped clothing store located at 518 Market Street in Philadelphia. The building was altered by architect Samuel Sloan circa 1867. This view includes a partial, faded view of adjacent properties. Colonel Joseph M. Bennett (1816--98) established his business at this address in 1849; he named it "Tower Hall" in 1853. Bennett was a successful businessman who used his wealth for philanthropic pursuits, including the establishment of a Methodist orphanage and the bequest of West Philadelphia properties to the University of Pennsylvania in support of the education of women. This print was produced by the firm of Louis N. Rosenthal, a pioneer chromolithographer who operated the Philadelphia firm Rosenthal's Lithography with his brothers Max, Morris, and Simon circa 1851--72. Rosenthal was born in Turck, Russian Poland around 1824, and immigrated to the United States in 1848.
Names
- Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884 Artist.
Created / Published
- Philadelphia : L.N. Rosenthal Lithography, 1867.
Headings
- - United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
- - 1867
- - Architectural decorations and ornaments
- - Architectural drawings
- - Architecture, Norman
- - Cities and towns
- - Clothing stores
- - Lithographs
- - Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884
- - Storefronts
- - Stores and shops
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - "Digital catalog number: POS 288"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
- - Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph, tinted with two stones ; 35 x 25 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
- 2021670462
Online Format
- compressed data
- image