Keywords: WidenerMansion (cropped).jpg Peter Arrell Brown Widener Mansion Broad Street and Girard Avenue Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1887 Willis G Hale architect From 1900 to 1946 the mansion served as a branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia In 1970 it became the Institute for Black Ministries at the Conwell School of Theology The mansion suffered a catastrophic fire in 1980 and was demolished Historic American Buildings Survey http //memory loc gov/pnp/habshaer/pa/pa1300/pa1358/photos/138361pv jpg<br>Library of Congress Prints Photographs Online Catalog http //www loc gov/pictures/item/PA1358/ HABS PA 51-PHILA 352-2 Creator Jack Boucher 1973-07 PA 51-PHILA 352-2 PD-USGov Buildings by Willis G Hale Built in Pennsylvania in 1887 Demolished buildings in Philadelphia Buildings in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Jack Boucher Free Library of Philadelphia Girard Avenue Philadelphia 1401 |