Photo, Print, Drawing Masonic Hall, Chesnut Street, Philadelphia. Masonic Hall Chesnut St. Philada. Erected A.D. 1813. Destroyed by Fire A.D. 1819
About this Item
Title
- Masonic Hall, Chesnut Street, Philadelphia.
Other Title
- Masonic Hall Chesnut St. Philada. Erected A.D. 1813. Destroyed by Fire A.D. 1819
Summary
- This print by David Chillas is an exterior view of the two-story Masonic Hall on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. The Gothic-style building is adorned with battlements, pointed windows and doors, and a 180-foot-high (54.86-meter) wood steeple. The hall was constructed between 1808 and 1811, purportedly after the designs of William Strickland (1788--1854), adjacent to brick row houses on the north side of Chestnut Street. Pedestrian traffic in front of the hall includes three men conversing on the sidewalk, a couple strolling by, two ladies walking arm-in-arm, and an older woman moving with a basket balanced on her head. A fancy horse-drawn carriage moves west along Chestnut Street. The hall, rebuilt in 1820 following a fire the previous year, was demolished in 1853. Based in Philadelphia, Strickland was one of the first architects of the Greek Revival style in the United States as well as a civil engineer and artist. Chillas was a Scottish-born lithographer and printer, active in Philadelphia circa 1852-58, about whom little is known.
Names
- Chillas, David Artist.
Created / Published
- Philadelphia : William Spink, William Kneass & Philip R. Engard, 1853.
Headings
- - United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
- - 1811 to 1819
- - Architecture, Gothic
- - Cities and towns
- - Fraternal lodges
- - Fraternal organizations
- - Freemasons
- - Horse-drawn vehicles
- - Lithographs
- - Masonic buildings
- - Street scenes
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - "Digital catalog number: POS 460"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
- - Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph ; 49 x 46 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
- 2021670333
Online Format
- compressed data
- image