Details
Creator Jennings, William Nicholson, 1860-1946, photographer.
Contributor Knor, Jacob, builder.
Title [Johnson House, 6300-6306 Germantown Avenue, Germantown, Philadelphia] [graphic] / W.N. Jennings.
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1925
Date [ca. 1925]
Physical Description 2 negatives : glass ; negative 25 x 21 cm (10 x 8 in.)
Description Exterior view of house of the former residence of John Johnson built 1765-1768 by master builder Jacob Knor at 6306 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA. Shows the front door with a shingled awning flanked by shuttered windows. Residence has dormers and chimneys on the roof. In the left, the side entrance and a picket fence are visible. Detailed view of a fence showing bullet holes from the Battle of Germantown during the Revolutionary War. 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 Negative number: 35b & 38
Acquired 1981.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Subject Johnson, John, -1805 -- Homes and haunts.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Germantown, Battle of, Philadelphia, Pa., 1777.
Underground Railroad -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 6300-6306.
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Glass plate negatives -- 1920-1930.
Associated name Knor, Jacob, builder.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Jennings [P.9480.35b ; P.9480.38]
Accession number P.9480.35b (g)
P.9480.38 (g)

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