Philadelphia Public Art @philart.net
Year: 1869
Masonic Temple Entrance
James H. Windrim (Architect),
1868 - 1873
* big
geometric patterns
* Entrance.
Masonic Temple.
Northeast corner, Broad and JFK.
* 39.953675,-75.163145 [map] [nearby]
* On the City Hall tour
* Exhibits: Labor
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Masonic Temple page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's James H. Windrim page
+pamasonictemple.org
First Presbyterian
Henry Augustus Sims (Architect),
1869 - 1872
* Presbyterian symbols,
plants,
fruit,
bird,
lizard,
dragons,
squirrel
* Whole building.
First Presbyterian Church.
Southeast corner, 21st and Walnut.
* 39.950650,-75.175550 [map] [nearby]
* On the Rittenhouse Square tour
* Exhibits: Religious,
Gargoyles
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+Gargoyle Hunter's page for the building
+wikipedia.org's Henry Augustus Sims page
+fpcphila.org
George Washington
Joseph Alexis Bailly,
1869
* Statue of George Washington
* standing person,
book,
cane
* behind the Independence Hall security perimeter, but visible across Chestnut. The first two pictures are from a print taken before the perimeter was established.
* In front of Independence Hall.
South side of Chestnut between 5th and 6th.
* 39.949050,-75.150000 [map] [nearby]
* On the Independence Mall tour
* See also:
+phillyhistory.org 1913 picture of this piece
+phillyhistory.org 1929 picture of this piece
+wikipedia.org's Joseph Alexis Bailly page
+wikipedia.org's George Washington page
+wikipedia.org's Independence Hall page
Lion Head Trough
1869 (relocated 1916)
* drinking fountain,
lion head
* South side of Washington Square.
7th South of Locust.
* 39.946250,-75.152500 [map] [nearby]
* On the Washington Square tour
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Washington Square page
+nps.gov's Cultural Landscape Report for Washington Square (449 page pdf)