Early in the Civil War the city of Philadelphia was chosen by the U.S. government to be used as a central location to create military hospitals for the care of sick and wounded Union soldiers and sailors. Mower General Hospital also known as Chestnut Hill Hospital, built in 1862 on a lot of 27 acres between Stenton, Germantown, Springfield and Abington avenues in Chestnut Hill, was one of these hospitals and became a subject of the photographic lens of Philadelphia photographer John Moran. Moran photographed a series of views of the innovatively-designed facility, predominately showing exteriors, but also a small number of interiors, which were issued as mounted photographs and stereographs soon after the facility was completed.
Curated by Erika Piola, 2004.
Resources
Mower General Hospital Views, Photographed by John Moran Online Inventory
Civil War Graphics and Ephemera Collection
