page_title: Francis Martin Drexel
section_title: Death and Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Francis Martin Drexel / Death and Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Mausoleum of Francis M. Drexel at the Woodlands Cemetery in Philadelphia. Drexel was the SENIOR partner of JP Morgan and the leading financier of his day. Woodlands is a NRHP site and a National Historic Landmark.
context_page_description: Francis Martin Drexel was a Philadelphia banker and artist. He was the father of Anthony Joseph Drexel, the founder of Drexel University and the grandfather of Saint Katherine Drexel.
context_section_description: He died on June 5, 1863 and is interred at The Woodlands Cemetery in Philadelphia.
  A sculpture of Drexel stands atop the Francis M. Drexel Memorial Fountain in Drexel Square in Chicago. Drexel donated the land that came to be known as Drexel Boulevard. One of the oldest public sculptures in Chicago, it was commissioned by his sons Francis A. and Anthony J. Drexel.
  Drexel Park, located on S. Damen St. in Chicago is named after Drexel Blvd. Drexel presented another large tract - one further east - to the South Park Commission for use as parkland.
caption: Francis M. Drexel Mausoleum in The Woodlands
exif: {"Image ImageDescription": "", "Image Make": "SONY", "Image Model": "DSC-H1", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "QuickTime 7.6.6", "Image DateTime": "2010:09:01 16:18:50", "Image HostComputer": "Mac OS X 10.6.4", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image ExifOffset": "284", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "2400", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "5434", "Thumbnail YCbCrPositioning": "Centered", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/1000", "EXIF FNumber": "4", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "64", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0220", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2010:09:01 13:07:40", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2010:09:01 13:07:40", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF CompressedBitsPerPixel": "8", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "3", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "71/10", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "2592", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "1944", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF Contrast": "Normal", "EXIF Saturation": "Normal", "EXIF Sharpness": "Normal"}