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Chew Mansion, Germantown. [graphic] / Graff.
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Creator
Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, photographer.
Contributor
Knor, Jacob, builder.
Title
Chew Mansion, Germantown. [graphic] / Graff.
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1866
Date
[ca. 1876]
Physical Description
1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 8 x 17.5 cm (3.25 x 7 in.) (stereograph format)
Description
Oblique, exterior view of the front and west elevations 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 note on verso.
Date inferred from photographic medium.
Photographer's name on negative.
Buff mount with square corners.
Purchase 1977.
Description revised 2022.
Access points 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
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Associated name
Knor, Jacob, builder.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Graff - Residences [8353.F.18]
Accession number
8353.F.18
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