Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title Photo of the old Buttonwood tree [planted by Samuel B. Morris] at Market Square, Germantown, Phila. [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1901
Date April 13, 1901
Physical Description 1 photograph: glass negative; 8.5 x 6.5 in.
Description Glass negative showing a large buttonwood tree planted by Marriott C. Morris' grandfather Samuel B. Morris and growing in Market Square. Two buildings, including the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue, stand across the brick road from the square A man stands beneath the tree looking to the left toward two other people standing near the road. First called The Green, Market Square was established from land originally owned by James De la Plaine as early as 1703. As a center of community activity, Market Square contained not only market stalls but also the prison and stocks. Samuel B. Morris planted many of the Square’s original trees. Prominent buildings situated around the Square include the German Reformed Church and the Fromberger-Harkness House. 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 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.
Morris, Samuel Buckley, 1791-1859 -- Associated objects.
Deshler-Morris House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Trees.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 5442.
Market Square (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Glass negatives.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.7.3]
Accession number *P.9895.7.3