Details
Contributor Knor, Jacob, builder.
Title Chew House, Germantown, Apr. 25/59, Battle of Germantown, Oct. 4, 1777. [graphic].
Publisher [United States]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1859
Date 1859
Physical Description 1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 9 x 17 cm (3.5 x 6.75 in.) (stereograph format)
Description Faded exterior view of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Notes Title from manuscript notes on recto.
Buff mount with square corners.
Gift of Anna S., James H., Anthony M., Cynthia C. Maier, and Marianna M. Thomas, 2000.
Description revised 2022.
Description revised 2022.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Chew, Benjamin, 1758-1844 -- Homes and haunts.
Cliveden of the National Trust (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Slavery -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 6401.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1850-1860.
Stereographs -- 1850-1860.
Associated name Knor, Jacob, builder.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - Residences [P.9844.37]
Accession number P.9844.37