Details
Creator Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer.
Title Building in rear of the Johnson house, Washington Lane. [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 the stone outbuilding in the rear of the former residence of John Johnson built 1765-1768 by master builder Jacob Knor at 6306 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA. Shows the staircase leading to the doorway of the ivy-covered outbuilding. The Johnson property is divided by a stone wall. In the background, behind the wall, depicts two four-story, brick apartment buildings. 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 Slide number 77.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount.
Title given in manuscript on mount.
Date inferred from content.
Accessioned 1999.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Subject Johnson, John, -1805 -- Homes and haunts.
Germantown, Battle of, Philadelphia, Pa., 1777.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Outbuildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Underground railroad -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 6306.
Genre Lantern slides -- 1910-1920.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| lantern - Bullock [P.9731.72]
Accession number P.9731.72