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Satterlee Heights. Satterlee Hospital Grounds, 27th Ward. West Philadelphia., n.d.


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Work Title:
Satterlee Heights. Satterlee Hospital Grounds, 27th Ward. West Philadelphia., n.d.
Date:
n.d.
Physical Format:
21 x 26 inches
Description:
Printed below the title: "Herline & Co., lith., n.e. cor. 10th & Chestnut St." Description: Lithograph depicting aerial view showing the area between 46th, 42nd, Walnut streets and Baltimore Avenue. Includes lots for purchase at Satterlee Heights, residences, Mill Creek Culvert (built 1869), ponds, groves of trees and landscaped blocks. Key to 52 property holders printed above and below the image. Properties include Twadell Estate (1), Woodland Presbyterian Church (18), G. C. Fel's Buildings (20), Morton McMichael (25); Clarence H. Clark (i.e., Chestnutwold later Clark's Park) (29), John McArthur, Jr. (33), William Blasius (38), and Mrs. Josephine Simpson (52). Also shows minimal street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages. The residential development of Satterlee Heights proceeded on land previously occupied by the Civil War hospital Satterlee U.S. General Hospital that operated 1862-1865.
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Image File(s):
Zebooker/237-MP-021.​ecw