Glass negative showing Little Wakefield, a two-story house covered in ivy. The house has shuttered windows, four chimneys, a wide lawn and trees on either side. A young girl stands outside the door. Wakefield was built in 1798 for Sarah and Thomas Fisher. It was owned by the Fisher family until 1918, and then razed by fire in 1985. Thomas Rodman Fisher constructed Little Wakefield, located within the Wakefield estate, in 1829. It was expanded in 1844. Owned by the Fisher family until 1946, it then housed the Saint Basil’s Orphanage for the Sisters of Saint Basil the Great. LaSalle University bought the Wakefield property in 1989 and turned it into the St. Mutien's Christian Brothers Residence, an international student center., Time: 1:40, Light: good 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
May 17, 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1291]
