M[arriott] C. M[orris]'s room over little parlor, 5442 [Germantown Avenue, Deshler-Morris House] [graphic]. Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer. Morris family -- Homes and haunts. Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948 -- Homes and haunts. Deshler-Morris House (Philadelphia, Pa.) Bedrooms -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. Philadelphia artists. Glass negative showing a view of Marriott C. Morris' room in the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. The walls are decorated with floral wallpaper. On the right wall is a large mantle holding various candlesticks and a clock. A framed portrait photograph hangs above the mantle. A chair sits beneath the window to the left and a dresser with a mirror stands against the left wall. 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. 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. 1887 Deshler, David, architect. Deshler, David, architect. 1887 Glass negatives. 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in. Islandora:4742 Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.64.10] P.9895.64.10 Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 5442.