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AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING SOUTH. - Philadelphia Zoological Gardens, 3400 West Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Photographer
Boucher, Jack E.
Title
AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING SOUTH. - Philadelphia Zoological Gardens, 3400 West Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Description
Schwarzmann, Herman Joseph; Cret, Paul Philippe; Camac, William; Zoological Society of Philadelphia; Penn, John; Furness, Frank; Hewitt, George; Venturi, Robert; LeConte, John; Cassin, John; Ellis Yarnall family; Wolf, Wilhelm; Thompson, Frank; Chandler, Theophilus; Mellor and Meigs; Penrose, Charles; Clark, Edwin; Citizens Committee for a Free and Modern Zoo; John Holland Company; Civilian Work Administration; Federal Emergency Relief Administration for Public Work; Wohert, A E; Ratcliffe, Herman; Catherwood, Wilson; Fairmount Park Commission; Hatfield, Martin and White; Krause, Idella; Middleton, Rena; Harbeson, Hough Livingston and Larson; Needler, Mirick and Zantzinger; Longwood Gardens staff; U.S. Public Health Service; Warneke, Heinz; Mirick, Pearson, Ilvonen and Batcheler; Donaldson, William; Bohlin, Powell, Larkin and Cywinski; Menke and Menke; Holm, Alan; Caulk, John; Lenni Lenape Indians; Ueland and Junker; Cebul, Mary-Scott; Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown; Long and Long; Coe, Jon Charles; Hanna Olin; Bohlin Cywinski Jackson; Coe Lee Robinson Roesch, Incorporated; Agoos Lovera; Blackney and Hayes; Ewing Cole; Collins and Autenrieth; Crump, John; Daget Saylor; Ben-Schmuel, Ahron; Mitchell, Henry; Allen, Tom; Berg, Eric; Lipkin, Jacob; Greenberg, Joseph; Dickson, Tom; Barger, Raymond Granville; Lowrie, Archer; Frudakis, Evangelos; Rosin, Harry; Jones, Dexter; Kemeys, Edward; Cain, Auguste; Langlais, Bernard; Miller, Donald R; Obard, A J; Laessle, Albert; deSchauensee, Rudolph; Ott, Cynthia, historian
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Philadelphia County; Philadelphia
Date 2003
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HABS PA,51-PHILA,750-2
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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Notes
  • See also HABS PA-1662 and PA-1663 for other Zoological Gardens documentation.
  • See also field notes for HABS PA-6211 for additional documentation. Additional documentation includes photographs and drawings.
  • Significance: The Zoological Society of Philadelphia was incorporated in 1859, making it the oldest organization of its kind in the United States. It opened its garden to the public on July 1, 1874. The grounds have undergone constant change and renovation over the last 120 ears as the zoo adopts more progressive designs. Nevertheless, the contemporary landscape is a revealing document of zoo history, of the 19th century American park movement, and of colonial Philadelphia.

Present within its confines are an 18th century house built by John Penn, grandson to Pennsylvania's founder, William Penn; rustic architecture and landscape features from the original 19th century design scheme by Hermann Joseph Schwarzmann, engineer of the Fairmount Park Commission and architect of the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876; and animal quarters dating from the 1870s to the 1990s by many of Philadelphia's most influential architects including Frank Furness, George Hewitt, Paul Cret, and Robert Venturi. The zoo contains a living record not only of the fauna of the world but of the evolution of America's perceptions of nature. The buildings, like the landscape, record the evolution of zoo designs and the concomitant changing attitudes towards wildlife.

  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N336
  • Survey number: HABS PA-6211
  • Building/structure dates: 1873- 1874 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1930 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1931 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1941 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1903 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1913 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1896 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1907 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1916 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1905 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1888 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1912 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1938 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1948-1951 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1936 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1948-1954 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1967 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1970 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1973-1975 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1987 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1982 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1985 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1996 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1994 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1876 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1882 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1978 Demolished
  • Building/structure dates: 1987 Demolished
  • Building/structure dates: 1938 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1957 Subsequent Work
References

This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 72001151.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa3508.photos.206147p
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
Object location39° 57′ 07.99″ N, 75° 09′ 51.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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