Item Info

Historic Street Address: 15 S. 7th Street
Historic Street Address: N side of Cherry Street, between 17th & 18th Sts.
Historic Street Address: NE corner of Broad & Spring Garden Streets
Historic Street Address: NW corner of 10th & Walnut Streets
Historic Street Address: NW corner, Broad Street & Girard Avenue
Historic Street Address: SW corner of 13th & Locust Streets
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

Item 1, top left:  Image of the H. Josephine Widener Memorial Library, at 1200 N Broad Street.  This mansion was originally built as a residence in 1887, by architect Willis G. Hale, for the prominent Peter A.B. Widener family.  It was donated to the Free Library of Philadelphia as a branch library in 1899, named in memory of Peter's wife Josephine.  The mansion remained a Free Library branch until it was sold in 1946, to move to a new location. The Widener mansion burned down in 1980.  Reproduction of a photograph for an unidentified publication, 10 x 12 cm, undated.

Item 2, top right:  Image of an early location for the Franklin Institute, at 15 S 7th Street.  It was founded in 1824, as a center for scientific research and education.  This Greek Revival building was designed by architect John Haviland. The Institute's collections and programs grew to require a larger building, and moved in 1934 to its present location at the intersection of 20th Street & the Benjamin Franklin Parkway; the original building is still in existence. Reproduction of a photograph for an unidentified publication, 10 x 11.5 cm, undated.

Item 3, center left: Jefferson Medical College was chartered in 1824, and located originally at 513 Locust Street.  The college moved in 1828 to a new location, named the Ely Building, at the SW corner of 10th & Sansom Streets, to accomodate the rapidly growing number of students.  This image shows that building, after a new Greek Revival facade (designed by architect Napoleon LeBrun) was added in 1845.  Although this building was demolished between 1898-1907, the Thomas Jefferson University/Sidney Kimmel Medical College occupies the same location today. Reproduction of a photograph for an unidentified publication, 10 x 11 cm, undated.

Item 4, center right:  The Medico-Chirurgical College had its origins in 1848 as the M-C Society; the charter was amended in 1867, to transform the society into a medical college.  Around 1886 Medico-Chirurgical College absorbed the Philadelphia Dental College and the Philadelphia School of Anatomy, and moved to the new accommodations in this photograph, on the north side of Cherry Street, between 17th and 18th Streets.  In 1916 Medico-Chirurgical College’s Department of Medicine and the Department of Dentistry merged with the University of Pennsylvania.   The Society's buildings were demolished in 1918, to make way for the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Reproduction of a photograph for an unidentified publication, 11 x 12 cm, undated. 

Item 5, bottom left: Exterior view of the Spring Garden Institute, 523-25 N. Broad Street (the NE corner of Broad & Spring Garden Streets). The Spring Garden Institute was founded in 1851, and this building was designed by architect Stephen Decatur Button.  Its intent was to provide technical training, specifically in the areas of mechanical drawing and architecture.  By the 1890s, the Institute was also known for its course of training in electrical engineering. The Institute's rigorous curriculum caught the attention of many notable Philadelphians, including Anthony J. Drexel. Drexel went on to model his institute--now Drexel University--after the Spring Garden Institute.  This building was in use from 1851-1969; it was demolished in 1972.  Reproduction of a photograph for an unidentified publication, 11 x 8.5 cm, undated.

Item 6, bottom right:  Image of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, at the SW corner of 13th & Locust Streets.  The Society was founded in 1824, as an historic research facility.  The building in this photograph was designed by William Strickland, in the Greek Revival Style, for John Hare Powel (American agriculturalist and philanthropist); it was purchased from him by General Robert Patterson in 1836.  After Patterson's death in 1881, the Historical Society purchased the building, occupying it until it was demolished between 1905-1909.  A new fireproof building, designed by Addison Hutton, was erected in 1910 at the same location; the Society has continued at this location to this day. Reproduction of a photograph for an unidentified publication, 11 x 7 cm, undated.

Creation Year: 1845
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.162361
Geocode Latitude:39.947947

Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.17
Creator Name: Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler
Stephen Decatur Button - Architect
William Strickland - Architect
Willis G. Hale - Architect
Napoleon LeBrun - Architect
William Strickland - Architect
John Haviland - Architect