Masonic Hall Chesnut St. Philada., Erected A.D. 1813., Destroyed by Fire A.D. 1819., c.1853 (litho)

Wm. Strickland architect; D. Chillas lith. 50 S. 3rd Street. Exterior view of the two-story Gothic hall adorned with battlements, pointed windows and doors, and a 180-feet-high wood steeple. Constructed between 1808 and 1811, purportedly after the designs of William Strickland, adjacent to brick row houses on the north side of Chestnut Street. Pedestrian traffic in front of the hall includes three men conversing on the sidewalk, a couple strolling by, two ladies walking arm-in-arm, and an older woman moving with a basket balanced on her head. A fancy horse-drawn carriage moves west along Chestnut Street. The hall, rebuilt in 1820 following a fire the previous year, was demolished in 1853.