Creator |
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer. |
Contributor |
Deshler, David, architect. |
Title |
Back of [Bockius House] 4774 Main & our yard from end of flagstone path, [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue] [graphic]. |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1887 |
Date |
March 23, 1887 |
Physical Description |
1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in. |
Description |
Glass negative showing the Bockius House at 5434 Germantown Avenue with a wooden fence seen from across the wide lawn of the
Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. Other houses are visible in the background. A line of bare trees separates
the lawn from the other houses. The Bockius House was built for Albert Ashmead as a wedding gift. It was later occupied by
Charles R. Bockius, and eventually Elliston Perot Morris, who remodeled it in 1903. David Deshler built the original four-room
summer cottage on the 5442 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.
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Notes |
Photographer remarks: Sample plates from Buchanan, Browley & Co. 6 doz. 4x5 Sp., 5 doz, 3 1/4 x 4 1/4, Sp. bought 3/26. |
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Time: 5:10 |
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Light: Faint sun. |
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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.
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Edited. |
Subject |
Bockius, Charles, -1901 -- Homes and haunts. |
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Morris, Elliston P. (Elliston Perot), 1831-1914 -- Homes and haunts. |
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Morris family -- Homes and haunts. |
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Bockius House (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Deshler-Morris House (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Philadelphia artists. |
Geographic subject |
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 5434. |
Genre |
Glass negatives. |
Associated name |
Deshler, David, architect. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1084] |
Accession number |
P.9895.1084 |