Creator |
Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927 |
Title |
Francisville |
Date |
ca. 1917 |
Description |
Shows five panels of houses in Francisville, the area bordered by Ridge Ave., Fairmount Avenue, and Nineteenth Street. The
house in the center panel is identified as having been owned by Rev. Samuel B. Wylie.
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Notes |
The old name "Francisville" is still used to designate a diagonal space extending athwart the triangle bordered by Ridge and
Fairmont avenues and Nineteenth street. This tract was planned by Tench Francis, whose father, of the same name, was one of
William Penn's associates. The younger Francis had married Ann Willing. The enterprise was inteded to provide a select suburb,
beyond the encroachments of the city. The lots were placed on sale in 1770. One of the early houses upon the tract, that
of Tench Francis, was burned by the British soldiery in the fall in 1777. Tench Francis was for some years the cashier of
the Bank of North America, of which his father-in-law Thomas Willing, was president. The Property called "Bellevue" was built
by the Rev. Samuel B. Wylie, in 1825. It remained the family homestead to the end of the century, when it was replaced by
the Bellevue Apartments, destroyed by fire some years ago. The site is now within the new Francisville Recreation ground.
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Taylor Catalog Number: 98 |
Is part of |
Frank H. Taylor Collection |
Identifier |
Taylor - Case 2-19 [2717.F] |