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Creator Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927
Title Roberts' Mill, Germantown
Date ca. 1922
Description Sketch of a mill next to a creek where a horse-drawn cart is being loaded and a woman stands nearby with a dog.
Notes Roberts' Mill, the second grist mill built within Philadelphia County, was erected in 1683 by Richard Townsend, one of the passengers who came upon the ship "Welcome" with William Penn. It stood near the point where Mill Street (now Church Lane) crossed the Wingohocking Creek beyond the intersection of Stenton Avenue. Townsend sold his mill to the Lucan (or Lukens) family and its is so called upon the maps of the Revolutionary period. Early in the Nineteenth Century it was acquired by Hugh Roberts. It figures in the story of the battle of Germantown as marking the point, upon the Mill Road, of the British right wing. The mill remained as an interesting landmark until about 1873.
Taylor Catalog Number: 173
Is part of Frank H. Taylor Collection
Identifier Taylor - Case 8-11 [2717.F]