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Roberts' Mill, Germantown
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Frank H. Taylor Illustration Collection
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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]
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Frank H. Taylor Illustration Collection
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