Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Contributor Deshler, David, architect.
Title Lawn from little parlor window outside [Deshler-Morris House], 5442 G[erman]t[ow]n [Avenue] [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1883
Date April 18, 1883
Physical Description 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description Glass negative showing a garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue with a manicured lawn dotted with large trees, leafy shrubs, and flowerbeds. A brick patio and the side of the House are visible in the foreground on the right. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009.
Notes Photographer remarks: Very good.
Time: 10:30 AM
No. [blank].
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.)
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Trees.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 5442.
Genre Glass negatives.
Associated name Deshler, David, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.106.8]
Accession number P.9895.106.8