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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1855/00/00 Samuel Sloan (architect) Architect Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral is originally built as the Church of the Saviour.
1870/00/00 Anthony Joseph Drexel Faith Anthony Drexel, his wife Ellen B Rozet, and their children are members of the Church of the Savior. Anthony Drexel Sr will serve as a vestryman and as a warden.
1889/00/00 Church of the Saviour is renovated.
1906/00/00 Charles M Burns Jr Architect Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral is rebuilt in 1902 following the fire and enlarged again by Burns in 1906.
1906/00/00 Edwin H Blashfield Architect Edwin H Blashfield paints a mural in Saviour's chancel and semi-dome as a memorial to Anthony J Drexel, an important advocate for the Church. Portions of the mural were covered in 2000 but remain accessible for future generations.
1906/04/16 Church of the Saviour is devastated in a fire which destroys the sanctuary, leaving the facade, tower and walls.
2012/06/00 Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral receives permission to demolish the parish house and rectory to build a 25-story apartment building.

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Particulars for Protestant Episcopal Church of the Saviour:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Art
Sight Category Building
Historic Use Church Related Residence
Criteria Historic Event
Other Description Italian Romanesque
Owner Private
Historic Use Religious Property
Architectural Style Romanesque Revival
Area of Significance Social History



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 79002328
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Burns,Charles M.,Jr.; Blashfield,Edwin H.
Architectural Style: Romanesque, Other
Attribute: Italian Romanesque
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Art, Architecture, Social history
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Religious property
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Significant Year: c 1850, 1889, 1906
Historic Function: Religion
Historic Sub-Function: Religious structure, Church related residence
Current Function: Religion
Current Sub-Function: Religious structure Church related residence

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