File:St. George's Hall Philly.jpg

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English: St. George's Hall, headquarters of the English St. George's Society located on the SE corner of Arch St. and 13th, 1831-1906.

In the collection of the Free Library of Philadelphia. Their metadata follows: Item Info Item No: pdcc00088 Title: St. George's Hall, Thirteenth and Arch Sts. Additional Title: Headquarters of the English Society of St. George. Historic Street Address: 13th & Arch Streets Media Type: Photographic Prints Source: Print and Picture Collection Notes: Halftone reproduction of an original photograph.

Notes: St. George's Hall was built in 1835 by architect Thomas Walter Ustick as a residence for Philadelphia railroad magnate Matthew Newkirk. Gracing the Southwest corner of 13th & Arch Streets, the marble palace was bought by the Society of the Sons of St. George in 1876 for use as their headquarters. A statue of St. George on horseback slaying the dragon decorated the front of the building. The building was demolished in 1903.

Geocode Latitude: Geocode Latitude:39.954150 Geocode Longitude:-75.161008

Creator Name: Castner, Samuel, 1843-1929 - Compiler Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887 - Architect

Newkirk, Matthew, 1794-1868
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Source Free library of Philadelphia https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item/38981
Author unknown, pre-1906
Camera location39° 57′ 14.94″ N, 75° 09′ 39.63″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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