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Old [Wachsmuth]-Henry House, 4436 Main St. opposite Fisher's Lane, [Germantown] [graphic].
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Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title
Old [Wachsmuth]-Henry House, 4436 Main St. opposite Fisher's Lane, [Germantown] [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1889
Date
May 2, 1889
Physical Description
1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description
Glass negative showing the Wachsmuth-Henry House, a two-story house with two chimneys and shuttered windows at 4908 Germantown Avenue. A metal fence runs in front of the lawn. Trolley tracks run through the center of the brick road front of the house and trees grow in the lawn. The Wachsmuth-Henry House was originally erected circa 1760. John Gottfried Wachsmuth (1748-1828), an importer who bought the property in 1819 made considerable additions. After his death, John Snowden Henry, a merchant and father of Philadelphia mayor Alexander Henry purchased the residence. The house stayed in the Henry family until it was sold in 1899 to Elizabeth B. Ambler. It remained with the Ambler family until sold in 1980 to the Henry House LLC.
Notes
Time: 9
Light: Good sun.
Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris.
Edited.
Subject
Henry, Alexander, 1823-1883 -- Homes and haunts.
Wachsmuth-Henry House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 4908.
Genre
Glass negatives.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1529]
Accession number
P.9895.1529
In Collections
Marriott C. Morris Collection Negatives
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