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5140 Main St. Occupied by Gilbert Stuart 1794-5. Studio in rear.

5151 Main St. Home of Phil. R. Freas and first office of the Village Telegraph, later Germantown Telegraph.

5203-5205 Main St. Home of Dr. Theodore Ashmead and Dr. Belton. Owen Wister born here July 14,1860.

Parsonage of St. Stephens Church, 5213 Main St.

Conyngham-Hacker House, 5214 Main St.

John Bringhurst House, 1775-1795, 5219 Main St.

5242-44 Main St., formerly Indian Queen Hotel.

5261 Main St. Built by John Wister 1744.

Home of Anthony Gilbert, "the Strong Blacksmith."

5275-7 Main St. Occupied by Thos. Jefferson in 1793 & Edmund Randolph.

5300 Main St. at present parsonage of Trinity Luth. Church. Formerly Sauer's property. In cellar first type case in America 1772.

5430 Main St. Home of Capt. Albert Ashmead.

5434 Main St. Home of John Ashmead.

Market Square showing two old houses. Monument to soldiers who fell in War of Rebellion. Erected 1883.

Morris House.

5450 Main St. Built 1790. Home of Thos. Armat.

Dr. Bensel's old barn, School Lane, rear of Saving Fund.

Germantown Academy, built 1760.

107 W. School Lane. Bought in 1810 for faculty of Academy.

N.W. & N. E. Chelten Ave. & Main St., Post Office & 1st Presbyt. Church.

N.E. [sic] & S.E. cor. Main St. and Chelten Ave.

Old P & R. Ry. Station, Main St., Germantown.

Hokey Pokey Man.

Old willow, Vernon Park & a monument to commemorate Battle of Germantown.

Vernon Park near Main St.

Vernon Park on Greene St.

Vernon, Wister mansion. Built in 1803 by James Matthews.

Doorway of Wister House, Vernon Park.

Public library, Vernon Park.

5845 Main St. Standing at time of Revolution.

Engle House, Main St. abv. Town Hall. Built 1758 by Benj. Engle. Stone in N. Gable B. E. 1758.

Engle House, Germantown. Built 1758.

Blair House, Main & Walnut Ln. Built 1775 by Dr. Wm. Shippen, occupied also by his son in law. Rev. Saml. Blair afterward President of Princeton University.

Blair House, 6043 Main St. First 3 story house, 1775. In 1851 owned by Charlotte Cushman the actress.

Doorway to Blair House, formerly in Bensel House.

N. E. Main & Walnut Lane, built 1806 by Rev. Saml. Blair for his son S. Blair Jr.

Doorway, N. E. Walnut Lane & Main St.

Mennonite Meeting, Main St.

6205 Main St., built by Dirck Keyser 1738. 1st 2-story house in Germantown.

6211 Main St.

Wakefield, home of Thos. & Sarah Fisher. Built about 1795.

Wakefield, home of Thos. & Sarah Fisher. Built about 1795.

Wakefield Mills, Fisher's Lane. Built by Wm. Logan Fisher.

Old building, Fisher's Hollow, used as a powder mill during Revolution.

Near Wakefield, Fisher's Lane.

Main St. above Upsal, S.W. side.

Dunkard Meeting House, Germantown. Main St. abv. Sharpnack, N.E. side, 1770, mother church of Dunkards or German Baptists.

Very old house, date unknown. Was used as home of sexton of St. Michaels Lutheran Church. 6669 Main St.

Paul House, 6843 Main St. Occupied by Gorgas family during battle of Germantown.

Gowen House, S.E. cor. Main St. & Gowen Ave.

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