Methodist Episcopal Office Building, Wesley, 1701-1703 [Arch St.?], Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic]

Format:

Image

Contributor:

K, W. W.

Kelly, P. H.

Ballinger & Perrot.

Ballinger Company.

Cramp & Company.

Daly-Wielandt Co.

James S. Wilson & Son.

Visual Materials Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

office buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

1701-1703 Arch (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Methodist Episcopal Office Building (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Wesley Building (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Robert Morris Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Local Subjects:

1701-1703 Arch (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Methodist Episcopal Office Building (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Wesley Building (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Robert Morris Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Physical Description:

13 photoprints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

Contained In:

Ballinger Company. Architectural photographs of the work of Ballinger & Perrot, and the successor Ballinger Company.

Place of Publication:

1913-1921.

Notes:

Ballinger log book 2, p. 6 lists photo numbers 1841, 1870, 1895, 1943, 1947, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2070, 2102, 2129, 2171-2172, 2301, 2308, 2315 and 3617. 23xx series & no. 2129 photos are absent from this collection. Photo no. 1841, called "Original building on site" shows row houses with street numbers 1705-1707. Photo no. 1943 has signs: [1] Cramp & Company, Building Construction, Denckla Building, Philadelphia, Pa. [2] Ballinger & Perrot, Architects and Engineers, Philadelphia. [3] P.H.Kelly, Contractor, bricklayer & mason, 208-09 Lippincott Bldg. [4] Jas. S. Wilson & Son, Painting, 44 N. 7th St. Photo no. 1947 includes an additional sign: Daly-Wielandt Co., Contractors, Erectors of Structural Steel & Stone, Philadelphia, Pa. Photo no. 2102 shows the completed building, with signs in windows: "1701-1703". This property will be occupied by The Board of Home Missions and Church Extension of The Methodist Episcopal Church, now at 1026 Arch St." and "Rent stores & offices. Board of Home ...1026 Arch Street. Possession about March 15, 1915.

Photo no. 3617 is a pivotal photo between two projects/buildings. Listed also in the Ballinger log book 3, p. 26, it shows a perspective rendering of a 14-story building, which with the additional stories became the Robert Morris Hotel. See these later photos for the Robert Morris Hotel (Wesley Building), cataloged separately. This item has been cataloged with the Robert Morris set.

Forms part of: Ballinger Company. Architectural photographs of the work of Ballinger & Perrot, and the successor Ballinger Company.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of the Ballinger Co.,