Paramore's [De la Plaine House, NE corner School Lane and Main St., Germantown] from J.S. Jones pavement. Side view [graphic]. Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer. Morris family -- Homes and haunts. De la Plaine House (Philadelphia, Pa.) Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. Philadelphia artists. Glass negative showing the De la Plaine House at 5521-5523 Germantown Avenue seen from the back, a three-story stone house previously owned by the Morris family. Trees line the sidewalk in front of the house. James De la Plaine settled in Germantown in 1691. Before his death in 1750, he built a house. It was afterward owned by E.B. Paramore and used as a corner store before the Germantown Mutual Fire Insurance Company bought the property in 1885. The Rev. B. Wistar Morris also lived here before he became a bishop in Oregon. Photographer remarks: To replace broken one (No. 174). Very good. Too dense & harsh. Time: 9:30 A.M. Light: Very good Photo depicts the same house shown in plate 170. 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. PA. Philadelphia. 1883 September 4, 1883 Glass negatives. 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in. Islandora:3861 Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.177] P.9895.177 Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 5521-5523.