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Person: Stephen Girard
Also memorialized by the Girard Fountain Park and Stephen Girard Park.
Stephen Girard
* Statue of Stephen Girard
* group of people
standing,
sitting
* Inside the main gate Girard College.
North side of Girard at Corinthian.
* 39.973400,-75.170225 [map] [nearby]
* On the Fairmount tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified
* See also:
+girardcollege.edu
Stephen Girard Building Caryatid Columns
James H. Windrim (Architect),
1896
* building named for Stephen Girard
* small
standing people
* West wall, 2nd floor.
Canopy Hotel.
East side of 12th between Ludlow and Clover.
* 39.951025,-75.160000 [map] [nearby]
* On the Jefferson Center City Campus tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+philadelphiabuildings.org's James H. Windrim page
+hilton.com's Canopy Philadelphia page
Stephen Girard
John Massey Rhind,
1897
* Statue of Stephen Girard
* standing person,
groups of people,
hats,
buildings,
ship,
anchor,
plants,
barrels,
rope,
parasol
* inscription:
front:
1750-1831
Mariner and Merchant
back:
Philadelphia's greatest philanthropist
Erected by the alumni of Girard College and the people of this city and commonwealth, 1897
* Behind the Art Museum.
Anne d'Harnocourt Drive (25th and Kelly Drive to the Spring Garden Bridge).
* 39.966350,-75.182350 [map] [nearby]
* On the Art Museum Grounds tour
* Exhibits: Moved
* See also:
+Max Buten's picture of this piece
+phillyhistory.org 1912 picture of this piece outside City Hall
+wikipedia.org's John Massey Rhind page
+philamuseum.org
Girard Trust Corn Exchange Bank
Allen Evans (Architect),
Frank Furness (Architect),
1908
* relief bust of Stephen Girard
* big
head,
ships
* inscription:
Girard Trust Company, Incorporated 1836
* East pediment.
Ritz Carlton.
West side of Broad North of Chestnut.
* 39.951150,-75.164100 [map] [nearby]
* On the Avenue of the Arts tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Allen Evans page
+wikipedia.org's Frank Furness page
Board of Education Building
Irwin T. Catharine (Architect),
Jules Melidon,
1930
* Busts of Alexander Graham Bell,
Benjamin Franklin,
Robert Fulton,
Stephen Girard,
Thomas Jefferson,
Abraham Lincoln,
John Marshall,
William Penn,
William Shakespeare,
Thaddeus Stevens
and
Daniel Webster
* groups of people,
people standing,
people sitting and kneeling,
winged people,
heads,
books, tablets, scrolls, writing implements,
linked BE logo,
eagles,
scarf,
staff,
buildings,
tools,
urns, jugs,
ship,
hourglass,
lamp, light fixtures,
plants,
sun,
globes
* There is artwork on the Winter and 21st street sides and in the courtyard on Winter. More busts, not pictured and not easily visible, are on the East and West sides of the building. The School District no longer occupies the building.
* Building.
Southwest Corner, 21st and Winter.
* 39.958900,-75.174150 [map] [nearby]
* On the JFK North tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+wikipedia.org's page for the building
+wikipedia.org Irwin T. Catharine page
+wikipedia.org's Alexander Graham Bell page
+ushistory.org's The Electric Ben Franklin
+wikipedia.org's Robert Fulton page
+wikipedia.org's Thomas Jefferson page
+wikipedia.org's Abraham Lincoln page
+wikipedia.org's John Marshall page
+wikipedia.org's William Penn page
+wikipedia.org's William Shakespeare page
+wikipedia.org's Thaddeus Stevens page
+wikipedia.org's Daniel Webster page
Girard Trust Building
McKim, Mead and White (Architects),
1931
* relief bust of Stephen Girard
* head,
ships,
lion heads
* North wall.
Ritz Carlton.
South side of S. Penn Square, West of Broad.
* 39.951565,-75.164240 [map] [nearby]
* On the City Hall tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org entry for the building
+wikipedia.org's McKim, Mead and White page
Stephen Girard
Alfred Seebode,
1990
* Statue of Stephen Girard
* small
standing person
* Center of Stephen Girard Park.
21st and Shunk.
* 39.920540,-75.18315 [map] [nearby]
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Stephen Girard Park page
