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Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Knor, Jacob, builder.
Title [Cliveden, Benjamin Chew residence, 6401 Germantown Avenue, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.] [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1867
Date [ca. 1867]
Physical Description 1 photograph : albumen ; sheet 13 x 10 cm (5 x 3.75 in.)
Description Exterior detail view of the front doorway of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. Shows the pediment over the front door, which is flanked by shuttered windows. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry# 118.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject Chew, Benjamin, 1758-1844 -- Homes and haunts.
Cliveden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Doorways.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Slavery -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 6401.
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Associated name Knor, Jacob, builder.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - unidentified - Residences - C [(6)1322.F.120b]
Accession number (6)1322.F.120b