History of a street The Starr Centre, 700 Lombard Street

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Starr Center Association of Philadelphia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Starr, Theodore, d. 1884.

Starr, Theodore.

Starr Center Association of Philadelphia.

Theodore Starr Savings Bank (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Streets--Penn--Philadelphia.

Streets.

St. Mary Street (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Streets--St. Mary Street.

Pennsylvania.

Physical Description:

86 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia [Pa.] : Made at the sign of the Ivy Leaf in Sansom Street, 1901.

Contents:

St. Mary Street Colored Mission Sabbath School, 1857-1886 / James Grant

Mission work of John M. Whitall in St. Mary Street, 1862-1876 / by his daughter H.W.S.

History of the Theodore Starr Savings Bank

History of the stamp saving system / Susan P. Wharton

Building operations of Theodore Starr / extracts from A.K. Long's letter of Dec. 8, 1884

Two houses bought by Miss Fox, 1887 / Helen L. Parrish

The Octavia Hill Association, 1896-1900 / Eliza B. Kirkbride

The St. Mary Street Day Nursery, 1880 / extract from A.K. Long's letter of Dec. 8, 1884

St. Mary Street Kindergarten, 1881-1899 / Anna T. Wilson

First public kindergarten and industrial school, 1882 / Anna Hallowell

History of the Starr Garden Park, 1882-1900 / extract from A.K. Long's letter, Dec. 8, 1884

Extract from "The Possibilities of a Neglected Street" / by Jane Campbell

In memoriam, extracts from an address at the unveiling of a memorial window erected to the memory of Mr. Theodore Starr / by Henry L. Phillips, delivered in the Church of the Crucifixion, Philadelphia, Whitsunday, 1887

History of the St. Mary Street Library, 1884-1892

Extracts from the annual report of the St. Mary Street Library

The Free Library Branch, 1894-1900

The Starr Library, March, 1900 / M.E. Roberts

The Carpenter Shop, 1890-1895

History of the Starr Kitchen, 1890-1900 / Susan P. Wharton

The Co-operative Coal Club, 1893-1900 / S.P. Wharton

Bainbridge Street lectures, 1895-1900 / extract from the report of Dr. Edward A. Bouchet

The college settlement, 1892-1899 / J. Rodman Paul

The James Forten School / Samuel B. Huey.

Notes:

Cover title.

"The object of collecting these papers together is to show what has already been done for the St. Mary Street neighborhood, and that the results justify the Starr Centre in continuing the work"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

18655966