Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title Nos. 5226, 5228, & 5234 (The Old Ship House) on Main St. Germantown [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1889
Date April 25, 1889
Physical Description 1 photograph: glass negative;
Description Glass negative showing a view of two two-story stone buildings at 6336-6338 Germantown Avenue. A wooden fence extends from the left of the building and a telephone pole stands on the sidewalk in front. Trolley tracks run down the center of the road. Visible on the far right, the Ship House, built around 1760, was named for a plaster of Paris ship visible on the side of the building. It was variously a meeting hall for schools and churches, a hotel, and a ladies’ boarding school in 1836 under the ownership of James Ford. It also served as a stop for stage coaches from Chestnut Hill to Philadelphia. It belonged to Charles Bockius circa 1844. Visible in the center of the negative, the Metzger-Unrod house’s front section was built by Jacob Unrod circa 1806, and owned by Joshua Metzger, a soldier. Both houses were demolished in 1907.
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 Bockius, Charles, -1901 -- Homes and haunts.
Metzger-Unrod House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 6336-6338.
Genre Glass negatives.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.3.7]
Accession number *P.9895.3.7