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| Essential Architecture- the North East Christ Church | |
architect | Dr. John Kearsley (spire: Robert Smith) |
location | Philadelphia, PA. |
date | 1727-44, spire 1750-54 |
style | Federal |
construction | Brick, stone and wood trim |
type | Church |
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| a: view from southeast, from Columbian Magazine vol. 1 (1787), suppl. p. 839 and | |
| b: east end, photo pre-1968, R. C. Smith (U. Penn. slide coll.). | |
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| c: south flank, photo 1996, M. Brack. | |
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| d: steeple (U. Penn. slide coll.: gift). | |
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| e: west end (U. Penn. slide coll.: gift). | |
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| f: detail over Palladian window (U. Penn. slide coll.: gift). | |
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| g: interior looking east (U. Penn. slide coll.: gift). | |
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| h: pulpit (U. Penn. slide coll.: no source). | |
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| i: detail of arcade, photo 1985, M. Brack. | |
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| j: detail of northeastern corner, photo pre-1968, R. C. Smith (U. Penn. slide coll.). | |
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| Special thanks to the Society of Architectural Historians for some of the images on this page (copyright SAH). |
| www.essential-architecture.com | |
