Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title [Fromberger-Harkness House seen from second floor window, Deshler-Morris House] [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1880-1900
Date ca. 1880-ca. 1900
Physical Description 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description Glass negative showing a view of the Fromberger-Harkness House seen from a second-story window across the street at the Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue. The two-story house stands on the street corner and has shuttered windows and an open door. Market Square separates the house from Germantown Avenue. Two trees grow in front of the house. The window panes of the Deshler-Morris House are visible in the upper half of the photo. Named for John Fromberger and Mary Warden Harkness, the Fromberger-Harkness House was built as late as 1795. It was occupied variously by St. Luke’s Protestant Episcopal Church (1813-1837), the Young Women’s Christian Association of Germantown (1873-1915), Mary Warden Harkness Boarding Home for Girls (1917-1941), the Germantown Fire Insurance Company (1954-1964), and the Germantown Insurance Co. (1964).
Notes 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 Morris family -- Homes and haunts.
Deshler-Morris House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fromberger-Harkness House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Market Square (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Glass negatives.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.64.14]
Accession number P.9895.64.14