- Christine Wetherill Stevenson
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Christine Wetherill Stevenson (other spelling of middle name: Weatherall, Witherall) was the builder of the Pilgrimage Play theater[1], now known as the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.[1] She was an heiress of the Pittsburgh Paint Company.[2]
The Hollywood Pilgrimage Memorial Mounument (HCM No. 617), a 32-foot-high steel cross, at 2580 Cahuenga Boulevard was erected in 1923 to the memory of Miss Stevenson.
Stevenson was also known as the founder of the Philadelphia Art Alliance, which is housed in the former Samuel Price Wetherill mansion. Samuel Price Wetherill was a descendant of Samuel Wetherill, a member along with Betsy Ross of the Free Quaker Meeting House[2].
References
- ^ Jeff Favre, New work at Ford explores encounters between faiths, Daily Breeze, May 27, 2005
- ^ Rittenhouse Square, US History.org
- ^ "Pilgrimage Play" (1 ed.). 1997. by Leonard Pitt and Dale Pitt, published by the University of California Press, Los Angeles.
- ^ A LA Times article posted in the John Anson Ford Theater.
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