Details
Creator Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer.
Contributor Knor, Jacob, builder.
Title Janet Johnson's house, Germantown, 1867. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia
Date 1867
Physical Description 1 photograph : albumen mounted on cardboard ; mount 14 x 19 cm (5.5 x 7.5 in.)
Description Exterior view of east front and north side of the former residence of John Johnson built 1765-1768 by master builder Jacob Knor at 6306 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA. Shows the front door with a shingled awning. The first story has shuttered windows. Residence has dormers and chimneys on the roof. A picket fence lines the left and right grounds of the property. Trees grow in the sidewalk, and a dirt road is visible. John Johnson resided in the house during the Battle of Germantown. The dwelling sustained damage including a hole in the parlor door caused by a cannon ball and a chipped corner. It served as a station on the Underground Railroad. The Johnson family owned the house until 1908. The Woman's Club of Germantown purchased the house in 1917, and in 1980, gifted the house and its contents to the Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust to operate as a house museum. In 2002, the deed of ownership was transferred to the Johnson House Historic Site, Inc.
Notes Originally part of an album of seventy eight views by John Moran entitled "A collection of photographic views in Philadelphia & its vicinity taken in the year 1868-1869" (Philadelphia, 1870).
Purchase 1870.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject Johnson, Janet -- Homes and haunts.
Johnson, John, -1805 -- Homes and haunts.
Germantown, Battle of, Philadelphia, Pa., 1777.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Underground railroad -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 6306.
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Associated name Knor, Jacob, builder.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Moran album [1717.F.115]
Accession number 1717.F.115