Girard Estate History
Stephen Girard
May 20, 1750 – December 26, 1831
Merchant, Mariner, Banker, Humanitarian
1750
Born near Bordeaux, France
May 20, 1750
1776
Arrived in Philadelphia aboard “L’Aimable Louis”
1777
Married to Mary Lum
June 6, 1777
1778
Became citizen of the United States
October 27, 1778
1791
Birth and death of only child, Mary Girard
1793
Superintended City Hospital at Bush Hill during yellow fever epidemic
1802
Elected to Select Councils
October 12, 1802
1807
Purchase block bounded by 11th, 12th, Market And Chestnut Streets
July 01, 1807
(Originally intended to be the site of Girard College)
1812
Purchased property U. S. Bank
June 24, 1812
1813
Major subscriber to U.S. Bonds in support of War of 1812
1815
Death of Mary Lum Girard
September 13, 1815
1816
Appointed Director, Second U.S. Bank
1831
Purchased Peel Hall Farm, site of Girard College
June 06, 1831
1831
Died, aged 81 years 7 months
December 26, 1831
1831
Reinterred Girard College
September 30, 1831