Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title Vista in front of steps of old Westtown building [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1885
Date August 13, 1885
Physical Description 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description Glass negative showing a path with a lush lawn on either side at Westtown Boarding School. At the end of the path are potted plants and trees on either side. A field and rolling hillsides are visible in the distance. Westtown Boarding School, a coeducational Quaker boarding school, opened in 1799. The first building on the campus was designed by David Evans, a Quaker architect. Later buildings included Industrial Hall, built in 1869, and the new main building, built in 1888 after designs by Quaker Addison Hutton (1834-1916). The first diploma was awarded in 1862.
Notes Time: 11:20
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 Westtown Boarding School.
Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County.
Schools -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Chester County (Pa.)
Genre Glass negatives.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.695]
Accession number P.9895.695