Glass negative showing the two-story stone house at 605-6507 Germantown Avenue owned by Mrs. Billmeyer. The house has shuttered windows and two gabled windows on the roof. A wooden fence extends to the right of the house and stone steps lead from the sidewalk to the front entryway. Trolley tracks run down the center of the brick road runs. Michael Billmeyer's house was built around 1730 by George Bensell. Tradition says that Washington conducted the Battle of Germantown from here. The house was purchased by Michael Billmeyer, German printer for the Pennsylvania Assembly, in 1789. It became part of the Colonial Germantown District during the late 20th century., Photographer remarks: Developed 12, 11, 1890, Time: 11, Light: Fair sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
April 25, 1890
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1519]
