View from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser. View includes street light, fire hydrant, pedestrian and street traffic. Hotel Lafayette visible at northwest corner of Sansom and Broad Streets. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause.

Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.

Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 82.

Arcadia caption text: Established to provide support for the Union cause during the Civil War through its publications, fundraising, and troop recruiting efforts, the Union League erected a clubhouse, designed by Philadelphia architect John Fraser, on the southwest corner of Broad and Sansom streets between 1864 and 1865. After the war, the Union League remained involved in both local and national politics and counted among its members numerous politicians and prominent businessmen. In the mid 1890s, soon after this photograph was taken, the Union League began expanding its property westward, and by the early 20th century, it occupied the entire block from Broad to Fifteenth streets.