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Photo, Print, Drawing Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church. 11th Street above Jefferson Street Philadelphia. Tabernacle M. E. Church. 11th St. above Jefferson St. Philadelphia

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Title

  • Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church. 11th Street above Jefferson Street Philadelphia.

Other Title

  • Tabernacle M. E. Church. 11th St. above Jefferson St. Philadelphia

Summary

  • This lithograph from circa 1854 shows an exterior, oblique view looking southwest at the Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church, located on 11th Street just north of Jefferson Street in Philadelphia. The two-story Roman Corinthian-style church, with a large rotunda, was erected in 1853 after the designs of the prominent American architect Stephen Decatur Button (1813--97). He moved to the Philadelphia area in 1848, where he designed numerous commercial buildings, churches, schools, and houses. Corinthian pilasters and narrow, arched windows adorn the front facade, which is surmounted by a dome and lantern made of wood and tin. An ornate iron railing extends south from the church to the partially-visible adjacent three-story row house located at 1528 North 11th Street. This view includes five pedestrians (two couples and a woman) walking on the sidewalk in front of the church. This was purportedly the first --and possibly the only-- Methodist church in Philadelphia to have a dome or spire. A fire destroyed this structure on January 18, 1857, and a second church, modeled on the first building, was completed in 1858. This lithograph was completed by the artist John Frampton Watson (circa 1805--66), who worked as a lithographer and printer in Philadelphia from 1833 until around 1866; the printing firm was Wagner & McGuigan, one of the premier and most prolific lithographic establishments of the mid-19th century.

Names

  • Watson, John Frampton Artist.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : Printed by Wagner & McGuigan, 1854.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  1854
  • -  Architecture, Roman
  • -  Churches
  • -  Cities and towns
  • -  Lithographs
  • -  Methodist Episcopal Church
  • -  Street scenes

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Digital catalog number: POS 739"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph, tinted with two stones ; 58 x 48 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

  • 2021670368

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Watson, John Frampton Artist. Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church. 11th Street above Jefferson Street Philadelphia. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1854. Philadelphia: Printed by Wagner & McGuigan. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670368/.

APA citation style:

Watson, J. F. A. (1854) Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church. 11th Street above Jefferson Street Philadelphia. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1854. Philadelphia: Printed by Wagner & McGuigan. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670368/.

MLA citation style:

Watson, John Frampton Artist. Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church. 11th Street above Jefferson Street Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Printed by Wagner & McGuigan. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670368/>.