02953nkm a2200409 a 4500 000306925 20230712173859.0 kg bd 150715s1883 paunnn kneng d 10 ppl PPL gihc Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer. 57796 Lawn, [Deshler-Morris House] 4782 Main St. looking from elm tree down lawn [graphic]. April 19, 1883. 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in. Glass negative showing a view of the garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. A path runs down the left side of the garden, bordered by tall, leafy shrubs. A man stand in the center of the lawn with a rake. Two flowerbeds stand next to the path and the rear of the House is visible behind the branches of a large, bare tree. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009. Forms part of Marriott C. Morris Collection. No. 9. Photographer remarks: to [sic] long exposed otherwise would be good. Time: 4:30 PM The negative is very light. 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. Morris family Homes and haunts. Deshler-Morris House (Philadelphia, Pa.) 325 Dwellings Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Gardens Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) 13534 Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) 5442. Glass negatives. gmgpc Philadelphia artists. Deshler, David, architect. PA. Philadelphia. 1883. Imprint Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.99.3] P.9895.99.3 mcm-p-9895-99-3.jpg P.9895.99.3 290813 290813 000306925 exlibris 00 20150804 2154 000306925 EMMA 40 20170418 1140 000306925 EMMA 40 20170601 0902 000306925 EMMA 40 20170607 1127 000306925 EMMA 40 20170711 0909 000306925 EMMA 40 20170928 1442 ppl PA. Philadelphia. 1883. Imprint Deshler, David, architect.