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5450 Main St. Built 1790. Home of Thos. Armat. [graphic] / John G. Bullock.
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Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939 photographer.
Title
5450 Main St. Built 1790. Home of Thos. Armat. [graphic] / John G. Bullock.
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1913
Date
ca. 1913
Physical Description
1 slide: lantern; 8 x 11 cm.(3.25 x 4 in.)
Description
Exterior view of east front of house built circa 1790. Purchased by merchant and philanthropist Thomas Armat in 1807. Armat resided here until his death in 1831. His family owned the property until 1841. The home was later occupied by Dr. William Ashmead.
Is part of
Old Germantown. 34
Notes
Photographer's imprint printed on mount.
Title given in manuscript on mount.
Thomas Armat was one of the founders of St. Luke's Episcopal Church and donated the land on which the church was built. He also had Loudoun constructed for his only son, Thomas Wright Armat in 1801.
Subject
Armat, Thomas, 1748-1831 -- Homes and haunts.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 5450.
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Lantern slides -- 1910-1920.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| lantern - Bullock [P.9731.30]
Accession number
P.9731.30
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John C. Bullock Lantern Slide Collection
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