Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Contributor Hutton, Addison, 1834-1916, architect.
Title Our Meeting-house from W. [Germantown] [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1883
Date August 30, 1883
Physical Description 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description Glass negative showing the Germantown Meeting House, a long two-story building with a wide porch. There is a lawn in front of the meeting house and trees behind. The Germantown Meeting began circa 1690, shortly after the settling of the area. Smaller meeting houses existed on this land until a larger building was built in 1869 by Hibberd Yarnall from designs by Addison Hutton. During the 1827 Quaker split, the meeting remained affiliated with the Orthodox sect. The Meeting House remained a place of Quaker worship up through the 21st century.
Notes Photographer remarks: Sharp negative but no[t] as good as #173.
Time: 4PM
Light: Faint
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 Germantown Friends Meeting House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Friends' meeting houses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Glass negatives.
Associated name Hutton, Addison, 1834-1916, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.172]
Accession number P.9895.172