Gaol, in Walnut Street, Philadelphiadelphia
Summary
Print showing a 10-horse team moving wooden building mounted on wheels. The two-story structure being moved was a former blacksmith shop that was purchased by the Rev. Richard Allen, who moved it to Sixth and Lombard Streets, where it became the first home of the Bethel African Methodist Church. (Information from ExplorePAhistory.com).
Hand-colored engraving by Wm. Birch & Son.
Illus. in: The City of Philadelphia...as It Appeared in the Year 1800..., 1800. Plate 24.
Ref. copy in LOT 4384-N.
This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions.
Caption card tracings: Prisons; Artists, P.I.; RBD; Pa. Phila.(3); Shelf.
Tags
Date
01/01/1800
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.