The Perfect Square: A History of Rittenhouse Square

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 Index Page numbers followed by f refer to figures. Academy of Notre Dame de Namur, 67, 68f, 146 Academy of Vocal Arts, 126 African Americans, 73 Agnes Irwin School, 66, 113–114 Agnew Clinic, The, 94, 94f Albert M. Greenfield School, 160 Alison Building, 121, 165 Altemus, Mary Elizabeth, 104 Anderson, Marian, 147 Ann Street (Manning Street), 11, 16, 16f Apartments, 102–103, 103f, 115–118, 120, 122, 137–139 Art Alliance, 123–124, 165 Art Club, 82 Art Jury, 109 Art Students League, 128–129 Ball on the Square, 162–163 Baltzell, Digby, 86 Barclay, 120, 146–147, 165–167 Barnes, Billy, 19 Barrymore, Ethel, 67 Bartram, John, 6 Barye, Antoine-Louis, 101, 109 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, 113 Bernard, Henry, 4–5 Beth Zion Temple, 118, 119f Biddle, Anthony J. Drexel, 107 Biddle, Charles, 9 Biddle, Cordelia Drexel, 85–88, 90, 106 Biddle, Francis, 73, 74 Billiart, Julia, 67 Billy, 110–113 Binghams, William, 9 Blanford, John, 37 Blanford, William, 20, 30, 32, 37 Blankenburg, Rudolph, 104 Bok, Mary Louise Curtis, 124–125, 125f Brick making, 9, 15–16, 21f, 23f Brickmakers’ Church, 22–24 Brinton, George, 72 Brookhouser, Frank, 143 Brooks, Rev. Phillips, 45, 54–56, 59–61 Brown, Alexander, 83 Brown, Mrs. John A., Jr., 121–122 Browning Society, 82 Bullitt, William, 86, 118, 120 Bureau of City Property, 96, 108 Bureau of the City Forester, 96 Cadwalader, John, 54 Caldwell, J. E., 64 Candelet, Allen, 44 Cassatt, Alexander, 76, 77f Cassatt, Mrs. Alexander, 104 Castleman, Richard, 5 Center City District, 164 Center City Residents Association, 132–135, 139–145, 149, 151–152 Chalfin, Paul M., 139, 141 Chapin, Cornelia Van Auken, 129 Chateau Crillon, 116 Cholera, 17–21, 18f Christmas tree lighting, 147, 148f Index [ 200 Church of the Holy Trinity, 44–46, 46f, 54–56, 107 City Beautiful Movement, 97 City Institute Library, 121 City Planning Commission, 131–132 Claridge, 138, 138f Clothesline Art Exhibit, 128–129, 128f, 147 Cloverly Park, 110 Coal, 12 Cohen, Charles, 39, 42–43, 60–62 Cohen, Henry, 37–38, 38f, 57, 59–61, 81 Cohen, Katherine, 67 Cohen, Matilda, 82–83 Cohen, Mrs. Henry, 65 Condominiums, 163–167 Congregation Mikveh Israel, 60 Contemporary Club, 82 Cope, Thomas, 36 Cramp, Mrs. Theodore, 103–104 Creswell, Mrs. Charles, 101 Cret, Paul, 97–101, 99f, 108–109, 113, 124, 126, 129–130 Crillon, 141 Culture wars, 152–157, 154f, 155f Curtis Institute of Music, 124–125 Cutler, Manassah, 8 Death and Life of American Cities, The (Jacobs), 149 DeLancey School, 66, 113 Delaware River: port at, 5 Disston, Henry, 94 Disston, Lettie, 94 Divesting Act (1778), 7–8 Divine, William, 23, 29, 37, 43–44, 58, 81 Dogs, 144–145 Domb, Allan, 166–167 Donaghy, Jim, 162 Dorchester Apartments, 122, 141, 142f Doyle, Michael Francis, 116–117, 141 Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan, 95 Drexel, Anthony J., 38, 109; descendants of, 84–92 Drexel, Francis A., 38 Drexel, Francis M., 38, 61, 84 Drexel, Mary, 88 DuBois, W.E.B., 73 Duck Girl, The, 109–110 Duke, Angier Buchanan, 105–106 Dulles, J. H., 108–109 Dunlap, John, 9–10 Eakins, Thomas, 94, 94f Easling, Nicholas, 9 Easter Parade, 74–75, 147 Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 139 Ellis, Fuery, 135 Emlen, Alan, 135 Enfield Tiles, 108–109 Episcopal Academy, 66, 113 Episcopal Diocese of Philadelphia, 121 Ethical Society, 121 Fahnestock, George, 51–52, 57–59, 64 Fairmount Park Art Association, 109–110 Fairmount Park Commission, 108, 109 Fell, J. Gillingham, 39 Fell, John, 85 Fenton, Beatrice, 129 Fineshriber, Rabbi William H., 118 Fisher, Sidney, 26, 36, 46, 54, 62–64 Fleisher, Samuel, 128–129 Fountains, 39, 40f Frame, Robert, 4–5 Frankel, Ephraim, 140 Freeman, Tristram B., 11–12 Friends of Rittenhouse Square, 161–162 Garbo, Greta, 126 Geographic Society, 82 Gettysburg: battle of, 59–61 Gilded Cage, 153 Gillespie, Elizabeth Duane, 65 Goddard, Moses Brown Ives, 39 Godey’s Lady’s Book, 49, 49f, 67 Goosetown, 17, 30, 32 Governor’s Woods, 5–7 Gratz, Rebecca, 68 Great Chalk War of 1915, 108 Gréber, Jacques, 97, 113 Hale, Sarah Josepha, 49–50, 49f, 67 Hanna, Clark, 132, 135, 141 Index [ 201 Harper, James, 15–16, 22–23, 26, 29–30, 30f, 31f, 37, 43, 81 Harrison, Joseph, 41–42, 51, 81 Haviland, John, 27 Hebrew Sunday School Society, 68 Henry, Alexander, 57 Holme, Thomas, 3, 162 Horse-drawn carriages, 50–52, 53f, 91–92 Horse-drawn public transportation, 52–54 Hudson, Walter, 133–136, 145, 149 Improvement plan (1884), 79–84...