. Philadelphia and its environs . lliiilSi. AMERIC\N SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION. SCENE ON CHESTNUT STREET. Structures in the city, and is a fit representative of the en-terprise of the great and wealthy corporation that erectedit, and whose offices are located within its walls. No ex-pense has been spared to render the building perfect inevery respect, it being entirely fire-proof, and admirablyarranged for i*^s purposes. Girard Row, on the north side of Chestnut fromEleventh to Twelfth, contains many elegant stores. Amongthem are C. F. Haseltines extensive and elegant art gal-leries, shown in our en
. Philadelphia and its environs . lliiilSi. AMERIC\N SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION. SCENE ON CHESTNUT STREET. Structures in the city, and is a fit representative of the en-terprise of the great and wealthy corporation that erectedit, and whose offices are located within its walls. No ex-pense has been spared to render the building perfect inevery respect, it being entirely fire-proof, and admirablyarranged for i*^s purposes. Girard Row, on the north side of Chestnut fromEleventh to Twelfth, contains many elegant stores. Amongthem are C. F. Haseltines extensive and elegant art gal-leries, shown in our engraving. At 1122 Chestnut Street the building of the AmericanSunday-School Union finds itself in the very centre of busi-ness now, but when erected, in 1854, it was quite out oftown. This is the head-quarters and central office of theUnion ; but its branches ramify all over the world, and itsmissionaries are continually extending its sphere of useful-ness. Founded in 1817 as an Adult and Sunday SchoolUnion, it was instituted as the America
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