315 Comments for Philadelphia Jewish Foster Home and Orphan Asylum

Reminds me of a still from an old Hammer vampire flick

I COULD be wrong, (It HAS happened,LOL!) but I believe the "tile" on the porch, etc., are actually perforated decorative
cinder blocks/fire bricks stacked and mortared into columns... At a different angle you could probably look right through the molded openings in the blocks...(I used to have a bunch of similar blocks stacked up with boards for shelving)
Just methinks!

I love this shot!! In fact I dont think Ive ever come across a bad picture of yours Motts.

i love this building right now

Mr Motts,you've given us a sad closure to our school. Ancilla Domini Academy was a wonderful place to be educated. The workwork inside was phenomenal. I went there for 12 years and knew it inside and out like the back of my hand. I thought that a Baptist seminary had bought it from the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart, but I could be mistaken. Thanks for the walk back in time!!

i'll bet it would have been amazing in there.

As always, wonderful gallery. It's a pleasure to view your work! Thank you!

Silly kids living the door open....are they trying to heat the whole neighborhood?!?!?!

Stunning! Would love to have this a as a wallpaper

If I didn't know better, I'd say Motts took a great pic of my daughter's bedroom..........lol

Hahaha autoguy! That was the exact same thought I had as soon as this image loaded!

This is a great shot. The clean whiteness of the pages are a striking contrast to the rusty desk and aged clutter of the room

I can only imagine the ghost stories that sprung into being because of this view.

I know I'm the only one that will say this but.... I think we can fix the place up!

Me three, me three.

Well said, Willie!!