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Lombard-South Tour

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The Lomabard-South tour runs from Front and South to 11th and Lombard.


Gargoyles
* small crouching person, bat-like creature
* Entrance. North side of South between Front and 2nd.
* 39.941075,-75.144475 [map]
* Exhibits: Gargoyles, Unidentified

Gates and Grills
Albert Paley, 1978
* abstract
* The grill is clearly signed. The gate isn't, but the catalog says Gates and Grills, and they seem to go together
* Gates and grills. Lombard West of Front.
* 39.941950,-75.144000 [map]
* See also:
+albertpaley.com

Headhouse Square Fountain
2009
* abstract fountain
* Headhouse Square. Middle of 2nd at Lombard.
* 39.942040,-75.145490 [map]

Mustang at Play
Margaret Wasserman Levy, 1969
* small horse
* North side of Stamper, West of 2nd (off Head House Square, just South of Pine).
* 39.942900,-75.146200 [map]




Witherspoon Building Figures
Alexander Stirling Calder, 1898
* Statues of James Caldwell, Samuel Davies, Francis Makemie, John McMillan, Marcus Whitman and John Witherspoon
* standing people, hats, books and papers, wagon wheel
* These figures were originally on the Witherspoon Building. The first six pictures are of the individuals in the order listed on the plaques. The last two are detail shots. The pieces are visible up close when the gates are open and through the gates when they are closed.
* inscription:
Francis Makemie
c1658-1708
John Witherspoon
1723-1794
John McMillan
1752-1833
Samuel Davies
1723-1761
James Caldwell
1734-1781
Marcus Whitman
1802-1847
 * Front courtyard. Presbyterian Historical Society. North side of Lombard, East of 5th.
* 39.942900,-75.149950 [map]
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Alexander Stirling Calder page
+wikipedia.org's James Caldwell page
+wikipedia.org's Samuel Davies page
+cyberhymnal.org's Samuel Davies page
+wikipedia.org's Francis Makemie page
+findagrave.com's Rev. John McMillan page
+wikipedia.org's Marcus Whitman page
+wikipedia.org's John Witherspoon page

Cherubs
* mostly vertical cherubs
* Wall. North side of South, East of 5th.
* 39.941850,-75.150400 [map]
* Exhibits: Unidentified


Firemen in Action
Harold Kimmelman, 1976
* small standing and running people wearing helmets, fire-fighting equipment
* Wall. Northwest corner, 6th and South.
* 39.942075,-75.152400 [map]
* Exhibits: Police and Fire Fighters
* See also:
+hksculpt.com
+Harold Kimmelman @ philasculptors.org

Three Boys at Play
Harold Kimmelman, 1970
* small people standing
* Wall. South side of the building Starr Garden. West side of 6th between Lombard and South.
* 39.942750,-75.152525 [map]
* See also:
+hksculpt.com
+Harold Kimmelman @ philasculptors.org

Mother Bethel Gargoyles
1889
* dragons
* High on the walls. Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Northeast corner 6th and Lombard.
* 39.943375,-75.151850 [map]
* Exhibits: Religious, Gargoyles
* See also:
+philadelphiabuilding.org's entry for the building

Mother Bethel Plaque
1901
* Bas-relief bust of Richard Allen
* small head
* inscription:

African Methodist Episcopal Church
Founded on this site 1787
by
Richard Allen
(a former slave)

This ground purchased by Richard Allen for a church is the oldest parcel of real estate owned continuously by negroes in the United States. This congregation is the world's oldest African Methodist Episcopal Church congregretation.

The first church (1787) was an abandoned blacksmith shop, hauled to this place by the teams of Richard Allen who was elected a Bishop in 1810.

"We all went out of the church (Old St. George's Methodist Church) in a body" and "they were no more plagued with us in their church."
-Richard Allen

May our God continue to bless Mother Bethel and all her children now scattered throughout the world bringing faith and hope to millions of weary souls.

Ring the bells of freedom throughout the world

"Rise, shine, give God the glory for the year of jubilee."
October 1901 [could be 1961]


* Near the entrance. Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. East side of 6th, North of Lombard.
* 39.943375,-75.151935 [map]
* Exhibits: Religious, African American
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Richard Allen page

Pillar
Leon Sitarchuk, 1978
* abstract
* This photo has been retouched to remove the white paint scrawled near the bottom.
* South side of Rodman East of 8th.
* 39.942530,-75.154560 [map]

Caring
Ken Clark, 1982
* small people standing
* In a small park on the Southwest corner of Addison and Perth (West and North of 7th and Lombard).
* 39.943725,-75.154635 [map]

Gate
Timothy Duffield, 1989 - 1990
* abstract
* Gate. North side of Lombard, West of 8th.
* 39.943600,-75.156025 [map]
* See also:
+timothyduffield.com

Gates
Richard Cramer, 1979
* abstract
* Gates. North side of Lombard just West of 10th.
* 39.943925,-75.158950 [map]

Alder Street Walls
Isaiah Zagar, 1991
* big abstract partial people, words
* Walls. Alder Street South of South (between 10th and 11th).
* 39.942600,-75.159175 [map]
* See also:
+philadelphiasmagicgardens.org


Zagar South Street Garden
Isaiah Zagar, 1994 - 2007 (ongoing)
* big abstract partial people, words
* Courtyard/garden. South side of South between 10th and 11th.
* 39.942825,-75.159400 [map]
* See also:
+philadelphiasmagicgardens.org

Elemental Intervals
William Freeland, 1986
* abstract rocks
* On the wall. North side of South Street between 10th and 11th.
* 39.942960,-75.159500 [map]

Unidentified
1974
* abstract
* Seger Playground. South side of Lombard, East of 11th, enter from 11th.
* 39.943725,-75.159700 [map]
* Exhibits: Unidentified

Philadelphia Dance
Isaiah Zagar, 2004
* abstract mural, partial people
* Wall. Lombard and Jessup (North side of Lombard, West of 11th).
* 39.944150,-75.160400 [map]
* See also:
+philadelphiasmagicgardens.org

Possible trip extension: Gayborhood (back to 11th and a block North to Pine)

See Also

+wikipedia.org's Headhouse Square page
+Mother Bethel AME Church
+Presbyterian Historical Society at pcusa.org