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Photo, Print, Drawing Masonic Hall, Chesnut Street, Philadelphia. Masonic Hall Chesnut St. Philada. Erected A.D. 1813. Destroyed by Fire A.D. 1819

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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

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Chicago citation style:

Chillas, David Artist. Masonic Hall, Chesnut Street, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1853. Philadelphia: William Spink, William Kneass & Philip R. Engard. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670333/.

APA citation style:

Chillas, D. A. (1853) Masonic Hall, Chesnut Street, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1853. Philadelphia: William Spink, William Kneass & Philip R. Engard. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670333/.

MLA citation style:

Chillas, David Artist. Masonic Hall, Chesnut Street, Philadelphia. Philadelphia: William Spink, William Kneass & Philip R. Engard. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670333/>.