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Chew's House, Germantown [graphic].
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Contributor
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Knor, Jacob, builder.
Title
Chew's House, Germantown [graphic].
Publisher
[Boston] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1855
Date
[1855]
Physical Description
1 print : wood engraving ; sheet 15 x 19 cm (5.75 x 7.5 in.)
Description
Exterior view of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. In the foreground, a white man and two white women stand and converse on the walkway in front of the house. 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 from item.
Published in Ballou's pictorial drawing - room companion, Jan. 27, 1855, vol. 8, no. 4, p. 57.
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 of the National Trust (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Conversation -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Slavery -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 6401.
Genre
Periodical illustrations -- 1850-1860.
Wood engravings -- 1850-1860.
Associated name
Knor, Jacob, builder.
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Ph Pr - 8x10 - Residences - C [(7)1322.F.12a]
Accession number
(7)1322.F.12a
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