Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net
Person: Joseph
St. Joseph and Jesus
* statue of Jesus
and
Joseph
* small
people,
one standing,
one carried,
plants,
globe
* Was visible through the fence on the South side of Girard between 16th and 17th. Missing since at least August 2019, as the hospital has been converted to other uses.
* St. Joe's Hospital Courtyard.
* 39.971800,-75.163300 [map] [nearby]
* Exhibits: Missing,
Religious
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Jesus page
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
1907
* Representations of Jesus,
Joseph
and
Mary
* people
sitting, kneeling,
standing,
headgear,
book,
manger,
furniture,
staff,
sheep,
ox,
heads,
winged people
* The Springfield side of the building was obscured by scaffolding when these pictures were taken in
August, 2010. The church web site has pictures of the front doors.
* inscription:
The Word was made flesh
* Whole building.
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church.
Northeast corner, 47th and Springfield.
* 39.947150,-75.215194 [map] [nearby]
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Jesus page
+wikipedia.org's Mary, mother of Jesus page
+desalesphilly.com
Church of the Holy Child Entrance
George Ignatius Lovatt Sr. (Architect),
1928
* unlabeled (and therefore tenuously identified) statues of David,
Jesus,
Saint John,
Joseph,
Saint Luke,
Saint Mark,
Mary,
Saint Matthew
and
Solomon
* standing
people,
Christian symbols and words,
headgear,
books and scrolls,
staff
* The statues are unlabeled. Mary and Jesus are obvious. I'm guessing that the 4 statues to the left of the Holy Child over the entrance are based on the lineage in Matthew's Gospel and are David, Solomon, Joseph and Mary, and that the 4 to the right are Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. I have no idea who the additional women around Mary and Jesus are at the top.
* inscription:
"Haecest - Domus - Dei - Et - Porta - Coel"
(This is the House of God and the Gate of Heaven)
* Church entrance.
Our Lady of Hope Catholic Parish.
West side of Broad, North of Duncannon.
* 40.032625,-75.146375 [map] [nearby]
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+philadelphiabuildings.org's George Ignatius Lovatt Sr. page
+wikipedia.org's George I. Lovatt Sr. page
+wikipedia.org's David page
+wikipedia.org's Jesus page
+wikipedia.org's John the Evangelist page
+wikipedia.org's Luke the Evangelist page
+wikipedia.org's Mark the Evangelist page
+wikipedia.org's Mary, mother of Jesus page
+wikipedia.org's Matthew the Apostle page
+wikipedia.org's Solomon page
+olhcatholic.org
St. Joseph the Worker
Maurice Lowe,
1967
* Statue of Joseph
* small
standing person,
carpenter's tools
* In front of Barbelin Hall. Saint Joseph's University.
City Line, West of 54th.
* 39.995600,-75.238125 [map] [nearby]
* Exhibits: Religious,
Labor
* See also:
+mauricelowesculptor.com
+sju.edu
