Philadelphia’s architecture, by William F. Gray ... written for the City history society of Philadelphia and read at the meeting of Wednesday, February 9th, 1910 (1915)
Gray, William F · Philadelphia, The Society · leaf 18
NTFormerly at Chestnut and Juniper Streets. This movement was rather slow in reaching this country, but when itdid, probably through the importation of copies of the Stuart and Revettworks, it took strong hold and was the dominant element in the designof public and semi-public buildings and larger… … THE COMMERCIAL EXCHANGEThird, and Dock and Walnut Streets. But, alas! The stately columns of these classic fronts, through whichthe people passed on the Sabbath to worship in truth and holiness, weremere shells of wood, painted and sanded to simulate stone, and thewalls were of plastered brick with…
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