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Unidentified Animals
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Gargoyles * small crouching person, bat-like creature * Entrance. North side of South between Front and 2nd. * 39.941075,-75.144475 [map] * On the Lombard-South tour. * Exhibits: Gargoyles, Unidentified |
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Five Spouts, Frog, and Lintel 1100 - 1300 * elephant, unidentified creatures * This piece is all that's left of the International Sculpture Garden installed in 1976. The fountain no longer works. * Columbus at Dock Street. * 39.944250,-75.141550 [map] * On the Penn's Landing tour. |
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Barbelin Hall Gargoyles 1927 * including heads of Felix Barbelin, James Ryder and Burchard Villiger * small partial people, hats, cat, bat-like creature, books, saxaphone * the builder is John McShain, but there's no record of him being the gargoyle carver * All over the building. Saint Joseph's University. City Line, West of 54th. * 39.995250,-75.237950 [map] * Exhibits: Gargoyles * See also: +Gargoyle Hunter page for this piece +sjuhawknews.com article about this piece with pictures +wikipedia.org's Felix Barbalin page +Saint Joseph's University |
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church 1928 - 1929 * gargoyles and statue of Saint Paul * small standing person, Bible, sword, crosses, plants, dragons, snake, bird, fish, unidentified creatures * inscription: Spiritus Gladius * Whole building.. St. Paul's Episcopal Church. South side of Chestnut Hill Ave., East of Germantown Ave.. * 40.079100,-75.208850 [map] * On the Germantown Avenue tour. * Exhibits: Religious, Gargoyles * See also: +gargoyle hunter's page for the building +philadelphiabuildings.org's entry for the building +St. Paul's Chestnut Hill |
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The Funder Tonnie Jones, 1971 * parts of people, unidentified creature, serpent, ankh * The funder of this piece was the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority * Christina Place, North of Haverford between 46th and 48th. * 39.962800,-75.214900 [map] * Exhibits: African American * See also: +picture of similiar piece by the artist at negroartist.com, used to confirm attribution |