Search Term Record
Metadata
Name |
Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon |
Details |
The Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon was established on May 26, 1861, around the same time as its neighbor, the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon. It was located at the foot of Washington Avenue near the naval yard in the Southwark neighborhood in Philadelphia. It was called the "Cooper Shop" because of its location in a building that used to be used as a cooperage by the firm of Cooper & Pearce. Both the Cooper Shop and Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloons worked together to provide food, drink, rest, washing facilities, letters, and stamps, all free of charge, to soldiers passing through Philadelphia. They were run by volunteers (including many women) and funded by donations and fundraisers. Eventually, they both opened a hospital annex to care for wounded soldiers in the city. Both institutions endured until the end of the war, and were closed at a ceremony at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia on August 28, 1865. Source: Taylor, Frank H. "Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861 1865." Philadelphia, 1913. |
Number of Archive records |
0 |
Number of Library records |
0 |
Number of Object records |
0 |
Number of Photo records |
2 |
