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Whitby Hall, 58th & Florence Ave. [graphic].

Whitby Hall, 58th & Florence Ave. [graphic].

Penn Rhyn. Built by Abraham Bickley in 1744 & enlarged in 1782. In the stable is still preserved the coach he imported from England. The house is now occupied by Thomas Mitten. It is now owned by Mrs. (Joseph R.?) Drexel, to whom it descended by the Bickl

Castle of the State in Schuylkill. Built 1732. Present Governor Hon. Willis Martin. Famous for historical Fish House Punch. [graphic].

Pennypacker Mansion, on Perkioman Creek, near Schwenksville, Montg. Co., Pa. Built about 1747 (not later) by Hans Joest Heijt. Washington made his headquarters in the mansion after the Battle of the Brandywine. [graphic].

Pennypacker place, near Schwenksville. [graphic].

[Byberry Friends' Meeting House.] [graphic].

McFadden Estate. Sorrel Horse Inn, Conestoga Rd., Radnor Township, 1768. Lafayette & Washington slept here several times. [graphic].

[McFadden Estate. Sorrel Horse Inn, Conestoga Rd., Rosemont.] [graphic].

Newtown Meeting, Newtown, Pennsylvania, built 1711. [graphic].

Jonathan Evans' House, 322 Union Street, now DeLancey. [graphic].

David Rittenhouse home. [graphic].

David Rittenhouse home. [graphic].

Star Gazers' Stone about 9 miles west of West Chester, Pa. West of Country Home. [graphic].

Tablet concerning Star Gazer's Stone. [graphic].

Star Gazer's Stone. [graphic].

Mason & Dixon Line monumental stone with Penn's Coat of Arms on one side & Lord Baltimore's on the other and the stone marking the tangent of the N. & S. line of the Mason & Dixon Line to the circular boundry between Pennsylvania & Delaware. The latter wi

Mason & Dixon Line stone marking boundry between Delaware & Maryland, on farm of Dr. H. A. Cleaves of Wilmington (Baker.) Side showing arms of Wm. Penn. Probably the 75-mile stone. [graphic].

[Mason & Dixon Line stone marking boundry between Delaware & Maryland, on farm of Dr. H. A. Cleaves of Wilmington (Baker.) Side showing arms of Lord Baltimore.] [graphic].

Valley Green, Fairmount Park, Phila. [graphic].

[St. David's Church, interior view of altar, Wayne, Delaware County, Pa.] [graphic].

Haverford Meeting. [graphic].

Haverford Meeting. [graphic].

Cigar Indian chief. S.E. cor. 4th & Race [sic]. Note the feather headdress. Most of the cigar indians were squaws. [graphic].

Wheel Pump Hotel, on Bethlehem Pike, showing the pump from which it got its name, now removed 1940. [graphic].

[Unidentified buildings, Philadelphia.] [graphic].

Wynnestay. [graphic].

Christ Church, window. [graphic].

Christ Church, window. [graphic].

Window in Christ Church. Westernmost of the stained glass windows on the South Side. Upper part "Council of Nice, A. D. 325." Lower part "Origin of the American Church in Christ Church 1785." [graphic].

Christ Church window. [graphic].

Christ Church window [graphic].

Grumblethorpe, observatory. [graphic].

Grumblethorpe, back part of. [graphic].

Grumblethorpe, back part of. [graphic].

Grumblethorpe, Grenadier painted by Major Andre, kept in hall. [graphic].

Cigar Indian at McKernan's Store. S. W. cor. 16th & Ritner Sts. [graphic].

Parlor of Grumblethorp, showing chair given to Wister family by Count Zinzendorf, founder of Moravian church in Penna. [graphic].

Parlor of Grumblethorp, showing chair given to Wister family by Count Zinzendorf, founder of Moravian church in Penna. [graphic].

Grumblethorpe. A peep into the ancient carpenter shop in back of house. [graphic].

Grumblethorpe. A peep into the ancient carpenter shop in back of house. [graphic].

Blue Bell Tavern, Woodland Ave. & Island Road (about 74th St.) built 1766. Patronized by Washington. [graphic].

House where Sally Wister wrote her journal. [graphic].

Miss Sally Wister, whose journal written at the age of 16, depicts much of the Revolutionery period. It is edited by her great-nephew, the late Owen Wister, & is a gay and amusing book. [graphic].

Grumblethorpe, Wister property. [graphic].

Grumblethorpe in 1744 from Mr. Wister's history. [graphic].

Grumblethorpe, old barns, 1744. [graphic].

Tom Moore's Cottage. [graphic].

Tom Moore's Cottage, Fairmount Park, Phila. [graphic].

Grumblethorpe, exterior of carpenter's shop. [graphic].

Grumblethorpe. Alexander Wister at the old pump. [graphic].

Carlton House, Germantown. [graphic].

Wyck, Germantown (from steps of Methodist Church). [graphic].

Carlton House, in lower part of Germantown, cor. Stokley & Midvale Ave. Built by Henry Hill at unknown date before Revolution. Rebuilt 1780. Now occupied by Mrs. Newhall. [graphic].

Christ Church, interior. [graphic].

Rose Tree Inn, Media, built 1837. [graphic].

Germantown Academy cor. School Lane & Greene St., built 1760. [graphic].

Germantown Academy, bronze tablet. [graphic].