Details
Creator Hand, Alfred, photographer.
Contributor Knor, Jacob, builder.
Title Johnson House door. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1920
Date [ca. 1920]
Physical Description 1 negative : glass ; negative 11 x 8 cm (4 x 3.25 in.)
Description Exterior views of the front façade of the former residence of John Johnson built 1765-1768 by master builder Jacob Knor at 6306 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA. Shows the front door with a shingled awning flanked by shuttered windows. A broom is propped against the doorframe. Two trees grow in the sidewalk in front of the house. Partial view of the picket fence in the left. John Johnson resided in the house during the Battle of Germantown. The dwelling sustained damage including a hole in the parlor door caused by a cannon ball and a chipped corner. It served as a station on the Underground Railroad. The Johnson family owned the house until 1908. The Woman's Club of Germantown purchased the house in 1917, and in 1980, gifted the house and its contents to the Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust to operate as a house museum. In 2002, the deed of ownership was transferred to the Johnson House Historic Site, Inc.
Notes Inscribed in negative: 2893.
Title from negative sleeve.
Date inferred from photographic medium and content.
Purchase 1988.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Subject Johnson, John, -1805 -- Homes and haunts.
Germantown, Battle of, Philadelphia, Pa., 1777.
Doors & doorways -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Underground Railroad -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 6306.
Genre Glass plate negatives -- 1910-1920.
Associated name Knor, Jacob, builder.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.60]
Accession number P.9259.60