Item No:
pdcl00045

Creators:

• Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920 - Photographer

Creation Date:
ca. 1870

Media Type:
Photographic Prints

Catalog Title:
St. Peter's Church, Pine Street at 3rd

Caption:
Saint Peter's Church, Pine Street at 3rd, circa 1870

Street Address:

• Third and Pine Streets

Subjects:

• Churches
• Pine Street
• Smith, Robert, 1722-1777, Architect
• Society Hill
• Spires
• St. Peter's Church
• Street railroad tracks
• Strickland, William, 1787-1854, Architect
• Third Street
• Trees
• Walls

Bibliography:

Reprinted in: Old Philadelphia in early photographs, 1839-1914/edited by Robert F. Looney. New York: Dover Publications, c1976.

Notes:

"The building of this church was begun in 1758 and completed in 1761, except for the tower and spire which were added in 1842. The ground was given by Thomas and Richard Penn. It was originally conceived as a chapel of Christ Church, the mother church, at 2nd and Market Streets. In its yard are buried many patriots, among them Stephen Decatur, the naval hero, and Charles Willson Peale, the great American painter."--OPEP, p. 48.

The church on the corner surrounded by a low brick wall. Trees line the sidewalk and streetcar tracks are in the foreground.

Source:
Print and Picture Collection

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