Details
Contributor Knor, Jacob, builder.
Title [Johnson Homestead postcards] [graphic].
Publisher [place not identified]
Date 1900-1910
Physical Description 7 photomechanical prints : photolithograph ; sheet 9 x 15 cm (3.5 x 5.5 in.) (postcard format)
Description Contains images of the Johnson Homestead, showing exterior views of front facade of the former residence of John Johnson built 1765-1768 by master builder Jacob Knor at 6306 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA. 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 Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from content.
Contains 3 postcards printed in color and 4 printed in black and white.
Accession numbers: P.9048.219 - 220, P.9048.376, P.9048.387, P.9049.73 - 74 and P.9577.18.
Purchase 1984, 1998.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Subject Johnson, John, -1805 -- Homes and haunts.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Springs -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Germantown, Battle of, Philadelphia, Pa., 1777.
Underground Railroad -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 6300-6306.
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1910.
Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1910.
Postcards -- 1900-1910.
Associated name Knor, Jacob, builder.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| LCP postcards - Residences - A - M - [various]
Accession number various
P.9048.219
P.9048.220
P.9048.376
P.9048.387
P.9049.73
P.9049.74
P.9577.18

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