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- Title
- Shippen's House, So. Second Street.; First Christ Church, Philada
- Description
- View showing the residence, near Dock Creek, purchased in 1693 by the second mayor of Philadelphia Edward Shippen. Dwelling includes a fenced side yard. Pedestrians, including a woman and child, walk on the sidewalk. Also shows a grove of trees and surrounding buildings., View showing the wood-plank building that served as the first sanctuary for the church founded and built in 1695 by the Church of England at 22-34 North Second Street. A wood fence protects the single-story, cabin-style building and the church bell hangs from the trunk of a tree fashioned as a bell tower. Wood buildings, including a dwelling, flank the church in front of which pedestrians walk. A woman stands in the doorway of the residence and a woman enters the gateway to Christ Church., Published in John F. Watson's Annals of Philadelphia...(Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1830), opp. p. 315., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 694a&b, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of James Rush.
- Creator
- Breton, William L., artist
- Date
- 1830
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Residences [9245.Q.28a&b]
- Title
- [Detail of Bartram house window, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Close up view of window and architectural stone work surrounding it. Carved in plaque above window: It is God alone almyty Lord, The Holy One by me ador'd, John Bartram 1770. Botanist and farmer John Bartram built his home in 1730-1731 with a 1770 addition and began cultivation of America's first botanical garden. After many years of neglect the house was restored in the 1920s by the John Bartram Association., Manuscript note by photographer on verso: Bartram Gardens Phila., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney.
- Creator
- Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1923
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wilson [P.8513.166], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson166.htm
- Title
- The Butler Mansion house, N.W. cor. Chestnut & Eighth St. After the posters were removed
- Description
- Exterior view of the former residence of Senator Pierce Butler built circa 1794 at 801-807 Chestnut. Shows a book vendor's stand installed in front of the property near a boy sitting on a crate. Butler purchased the residence circa 1804 and resided in the dwelling until his death in 1822. The building remained in the Butler family as the boarding house, "Butler House," before its sale circa 1856 by Butler's grandson, Pierce Butler. Building razed 1857 for the storefront of Sharpless dry goods., Title from Poulson inscription on accompanying label., McClees 1856-3., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 5, page 45. The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Published in Robert F. Looney's Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs, 1839-1914 (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1976), entry #127., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
- Creator
- M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
- Date
- Spring 1856
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Residences - B [(5)2526.F.5a]
- Title
- [Cliveden, Benjamin Chew residence, 6401 Germantown Avenue, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.]
- Description
- Exterior view of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. Shows the facade of the two-story stone building with a pediment over the front door, shuttered windows, and dormers and chimneys on the roof. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation., Title supplied by cataloger., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
- Date
- [ca. 1867]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Residences - C [(6)1322.F.57b]
- Title
- The Chew mansion, Germantown Battle of Germantown fought October 4th 1777. Lieutt. Col. Musgrave threw himself with six companies of the 49th British regt. into Chew's house, which stood full in front of the main body of the Americans. Gen'l Reed was for pushing on immediately, this was opposed by Genl. Knox as against all military rule to leave an enemy in a fort in his rear, thus in attempting to induce the surrender of Lieut. Col. Musgrave, the precious moments were lost and gave Generals Gray, Grant and Agnew time to come up with a reinforcement
- Description
- Exterior view of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. Shows the facade of the two-story stone building with a pediment over the front door, shuttered windows, and dormers and chimneys on the roof. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation., Title, date, and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Manuscript note by Poulson on mount: See pp. 43-83 opposite page and., Contains several lines of text by Poulson describing the architecture of the house on the verso., McClees 1856-7., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 41. The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
- Creator
- M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
- Date
- Summer 1856
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Residences - C [(3)2526.F.41]
- Title
- [John C. Bell and other residences, 22nd and Locust Streets, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View of facades of seven houses along Locust Street, and the first house on 22nd Street, which belonged to John C. Bell, district attorney of Philadelphia. This residence was built in 1905 after designs by architect Horace Trumbauer., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Location: 22nd and Locust St. One of the most artistic and interesting rows of houses in Phila. Note: no two houses are the same in style. There is represented colonial, modern colonial, English, and a mixture of colonial and French architecture., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
- Creator
- Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1923
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 186 [P.8513.186], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson186.htm
- Title
- [Residence of John C. Bell, 22nd and Locust Streets, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View of doorway and five surrounding first- and second-story windows of brick dwelling belonging to John C. Bell, district attorney of Philadelphia. Columns and semicircular decorated window frame doorway. After designs by architect Horace Trumbauer, the residence was built in 1905., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: A splendid type of colonial doorway. Marble (Italian) columns, steps and headpieces. Mahogony [sic] door., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
- Creator
- Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1923
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 136 [P.8513.136], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson136.htm
- Title
- Chew mansion, Germantown
- Description
- Exterior view of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. Shows a white woman and girl standing on the front steps before the doorway. A white man stands on the walkway in front of the house. On the grounds are two sculptures, a portrait bust on a pedestal and a classical female nude without a head and arms. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation., Title from item., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Ph Pr - 8x10 - Residences - C [(6)1322.F.80e]
- Title
- Chew's house
- Description
- Exterior view of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation., R85., Title from Watson inscription., Imprint date inscribed on negative., 1859-PIC., Gift of Mrs. Charles Willing, 1972., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections.
- Creator
- Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
- Date
- 1859
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Richards album [66037.D.3]
- Title
- Chew's house, Germantown
- Description
- Exterior view of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. View includes the west wing of the estate house and the cherry tree rumored to stand near the interred bodies of Revolutionary War soldiers. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation., Title, date, and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., Inscription by Poulson on mount: See pp. 41-43, 40., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 83. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Also included in an annotated album containing twenty photographs by Richards entitled "Pictorial Views of Houses & Places in Germantown yr 1859." (LCP 66037.D.3)., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
- Creator
- Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
- Date
- April 1859
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Germantown - C [(3)2526.F.83 (Poulson)]
- Title
- Henry Hill's mansion, northeast corner of Fourth and Union street
- Description
- View showing the Hill-Physick House built 1786 for wine merchant Henry Hill at 319-327 South Fourth Street. Includes the brick wall surrounding the garden of the residence. Noted physician Dr. Philip Syng Physick resided in house 1815-1837., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on negative., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 63. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
- Creator
- Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
- Date
- February 1859
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Residences - H [(3)2526.F.63 (Poulson)]
- Title
- Chew's house, Germantown
- Description
- Watercolor view of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. Shows the exterior of the mansion surrounded by trees and shrubbery. In front of the residence is a circular dirt pathway. Two busts on pedestals are visible on the left and right sides of the house. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation., Title from item., Date from manuscript note on mount: Nov. 1856., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Inscribed in lower right corner of drawing: vol. 5, 2526.F.6., Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook of illustrations of Philadelphia.
- Creator
- Wells, C. H. (Charles H.), approximately 1832-1884, artist
- Date
- [November 1856]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Drawings and Watercolors - W [2526.F.c]
- Title
- 131 W. Walnut Lane, [Germantown, PA]
- Description
- Film negative showing a view of the side of Marriott C. Morris' three-story house with shuttered windows at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Trees and shrubs grow in even rows in the manicured lawn, which is bordered by a low wire fence., 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
- October 1909
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.406]
- Title
- 131 W. Walnut Lane, [Germantown, PA]
- Description
- Film negative showing a side view from across the street of Marriott C. Morris' three-story home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. The house has shuttered windows and a garden bordered by a metal fence. Trees grow next to the street and in the yard., 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
- October 1909
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.408]
- Title
- 6706 Cresheim Rd. [Germantown, PA]
- Description
- Photograph showing a view of Marriott C. Morris' two-story house at 6706 Cresheim Road seen from across a field from among a grove of trees. The house has a porch, is decorated with timber framing, and is connected to another house., Photograph from negative number 2013.l13.555., 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
- 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.548]
- Title
- [Sarah Rhoads Potts, Janet Morris]
- Description
- Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris and niece Sarah Rhoads Potts as babies sitting on a blanket in a garden. Morris on the right holds a ring in her hand. A large house stands in the background. Both girls wear white dresses and Potts wears a knitted sweater., Photograph from negative number P.2013.13.220., 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 16, 1908
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.609]
- Title
- Chew House Germantown
- Description
- Exterior view of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. Shows the facade of the two-story stone building with a pediment over the front door, shuttered windows, and dormers and chimneys on the roof. View includes the west wing of the estate house. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation., Title from manuscript note on verso: Chew House Germantown. [43?] Ross. [#H.B.?] Pencil., Date inferred from aesthetic style of drawing., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2018., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell - Watercolors & Drawings [P.2018.61.10]
- Title
- 6706 Cresheim Road, Germantown
- Description
- Photograph showing a view of Morris' two-story house with timber framing at 6706 Cresheim Road. A woman sits on the front porch stairs. A lawn extends to the right of the house separated from the road by a sidewalk and path leading to the entrance of the house. Trees grow in the lawn and behind the house. The print is mounted on a cream colored board with a generous border, Photograph from negative number *13-1., 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 15, 1899
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.28.2]
- Title
- 6704 & 6706 Cresheim Road, Germantown
- Description
- Photograph showing a view of the rear facade of the twin two-story houses (6704 and 6706 Cresheim Road), including Marriott C. Morris’ at 6706. A grove of trees stands next to a pathway in the foreground. The print is mounted on a cream colored board with a generous border., Photograph from negative number *13-19., 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 23, 1899
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.28.3]
- Title
- Rear of 6706 Cresheim Rd
- Description
- Photograph showing a view of the rear facade of the twin two-story houses (6704 and 6706 Cresheim Road), including Marriott C. Morris’ at 6706. A grove of trees stands next to a pathway in the foreground. The print is mounted on a cream colored board with a generous border., Photograph from negative number *13-19., 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 23, 1899
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.28.4]
- Title
- Showing side of M[arriott] C. M[orris]'s house, Pelham Road in foreground
- Description
- Photograph showing a view of Morris' house at 6706 Cresheim Road, seen from across a lawn and Pelham Road. Only the side of the house and its timber framing are visible. A leafless tree stands in the foreground. Hogue house with a porch stands next to the road. The print is mounted on cream colored board with a generous border., 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 23, 1899
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.28.6]
- Title
- Hogue House from across Pelham Road with 6706 Cresheim Rd in background
- Description
- Photograph showing a view of Hogue house seen from across a lawn and Pelham Road. Only the side of the house and its porch are visible. A leafless tree stands in the foreground. Morris' home decorated with timber framing stands in the background at 6706 Cresheim Road. The print is mounted on cream colored board with a generous border., 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 23, 1899
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.28.7]
- Title
- Schuylkill Front of Bartram House from N. [Sam in foreground]
- Description
- Photograph showing Bartram's House, a two-story stone house with three engaged stone columns decorating the front facade. The house has three dormer windows on the roof and is surrounded by trees. Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris sits in the front yard beneath a tree. Bartram’s Gardens, founded by American botanist John Bartram, is the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America. Built in 1728, the gardens cover forty-six acres with a focus in North American plants. The Gardens became a Philadelphia city park in 1891. Bartram’s stone house was originally built 1728-1731., Photograph from negative number 556., 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 21, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2075]
- Title
- 6706 Cresheim Rd, [Germantown, PA]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of Marriott C. Morris' two-story house at 6706 Cresheim Road, seen from across a field from among a grove of trees. The house has a porch, is decorated with timber framing and connected to another house., Originally housed in negative box inscribed “Bought 12/27, 1899.”, 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
- 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.555]
- Title
- Rear of home, [Deshler-Morris House] 5442 G[erman]t[ow]n Ave, [Philadelphia]
- Description
- Film negative showing the rear of the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. The house has shuttered windows, walls covered in ivy, and a balcony on the second floor. A fallen tree covered in vines lies across the garden. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Badger Album, 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
- 1909
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.62]
- Title
- Chew House Germantown
- Description
- Exterior view of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. Shows the facade of the two-story stone building with a pediment over the front door, shuttered windows, and dormers and chimneys on the roof. View includes the west wing of the estate house. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation., Title from manuscript note on verso: Chew House Germantown. [43?] Ross. [#H.B.?] Pencil., Date inferred from aesthetic style of drawing., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2018., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell - Watercolors & Drawings [P.2018.61.10]
- Title
- The Hoffman homestead. Balt. Ave, and Cobbs Creek Parkway
- Description
- Drawing reproduced in Frank Taylor’s Old Philadelphia series showing an exterior view of the Hamilton-Hoffman house built 1791-1800 for merchant Gavin Hamilton. Shows an oblique view of the residence with a covered porch, shuttered windows, dormers, and multiple additions. A woman stands before the front door. In the foreground, shrubs and a tree grow around a picket fence. After Gavin Hamilton’s death, the estate was sold to Samuel Woodward in 1831, then to Jacob Hoffman in 1832. The residence remained in the possession of the Hoffman family until demolished in 1960., Title and date from item., Signed by the artist in the lower right., Manuscript note written on recto: Make corrections., Contains series number written in ink and on sticker label in upper left corner: 245. Number corresponds to the series, Old Philadelphia: Artistic reproductions from drawings by Frank H. Taylor depicting old structures and scenes of historic interest., See HABS Report No. PA-1053, https://memory.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/pa/pa0700/pa0766/data/pa0766data.pdf., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
- Creator
- Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, artist
- Date
- 1921
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.62.21]
- Title
- [Panoramic view of Center City, Philadelphia looking east from non-existing suburban perspective]
- Description
- Panoramic view of Philadelphia from an imagined, suburban perspective. In the foreground from a raised viewpoint are suburban houses with landscaped lawns and trees. Cars travel down the street. A stylized view of Philadelphia is depicted including industrial and office buildings, Broad Street leading to City Hall, the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, and the Delaware River., Title supplied by cataloger., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2022., Edwin Frank Bayha (1880-1937) was born in Philadelphia to German immigrants. He graduated from the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art in 1899 and was a member of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1898 to 1933. He worked as an illustrator and commercial artist.
- Creator
- Bayha, Edwin F., 1880-1937
- Date
- 1928
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2022.62.3.19]
- Title
- Logan House postcards
- Description
- Exterior views of front facade. Original portion of house constructed in 1801 for Philadelphia merchant Thomas Armat by builders Peter L. Berry and John Ardis., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 102A08 and 102B09., Undivided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector.
- Date
- ca. 1905
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Mansions - 102]
- Title
- Revd. Dr. Blackwell's house and residence until his decease, on the south side of Pine Street, between Second and Third Streets in the picture opposite the public street lamp Govr. John Penn's residence where the deceased, (in the picture), next east of Dr. Blackwell's. Both houses are still standing, in excellent repair and condition, this day, July 11th 1864. Govr. Penn was the grandson of the founder, W. Penn
- Description
- View looking west from Second Street showing the residence of Robert Blackwell, minister of St. Peter's Church and Christ Church, built 1773 at 224 Pine Street. Also shows the residence of Governor John Penn (222 Pine), the steeple of St. Peter's Church (300-340 Pine), children standing on the stoop of the Blackwell residence, a lamppost, and a partial view of a carriage., Dates inscribed on photograph., Compass directions by manuscript note on mount., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Manuscript note on mount: (Vide opposite page.) CP., Originally part of a Philadelphia scrapbook directory for 1768 compiled by John McAllister, Jr., Charles Massey, Jr. and Charles Poulson.
- Creator
- Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer.
- Date
- May or June 1859
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Residences - B [3599.Q.107 (Poulson)]
- Title
- Old Landmarks and Relics of Philadelphia Album, Fourth Series
- Description
- Viewbook containing a folded leave of six titled photographs and a folded leave of titled, narrative texts about the images. Photographs depict "The House in which Gen'l Agnew Died Germantown" showing an exterior view of Grumblethorpe, the house built in 1744 in which British General James Agnew died in 1777; "Swedes Church. Front View" showing the Episcopalian, former Lutheran, church known as Gloria Dei Church, built 1700-1703 at 929 South Water Street; "Old Log Cabin, Richmond & Vienna Sts." showing an 18th-century style dwelling in Fishtown; "The Old Market House, Callowhill & New Market Sts." showing one of the four old market houses, known as Norwich Market, established in 1783 on the 100 block of Callowhill Street; Robert Morris Hotel Phila. Park showing the four-story hotel opposite the race bridge of the Fairmount Water Works that was razed in 1868; and "Ancient Building, First Fish House, Arch St. bel. 4th Sts." showing the 18th-century attached, brick buildings in Loxley Court that purportedly housed fishing implements for the Penn family. Images include grave stones; broadsides; signage; neighborhood dwellers; and partial views of horse-drawn carriages.
- Title
- Johnson House door
- 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., Inscribed in negative: 2893., Title from negative sleeve., Date inferred from photographic medium and content., Purchase 1988., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
- Creator
- Hand, Alfred, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1920]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.60]
- Title
- Upsala doorway
- Description
- Exterior detail of porticoed front doorway of the house. Built 1798 by John Johnson III, the house was occupied by members of the Johnson family until 1941., Inscribed in negative: 2897., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
- Creator
- Hand, Alfred, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1920
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.62]
- Title
- [Living room of the Doering family residence, 1837 N. Bouvier Street, Philadelphia.]
- Description
- Interior view of Doering living room, showing a large mirror over the fireplace and mantel, along with two tables, chairs, paintings, sculptures and a lamp near the corner of the ornate living room., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Creator
- Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1897
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.154]
- Title
- [Night blooming cirrus in living room of Doering residence, 1837 N. Bouvier Street, Philadelphia.]
- Description
- Detailed view of the night blooming cirrus, a cactus-like plant that only blooms one evening out of the year. Located in the Doering family living room., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Creator
- Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1897
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.155]
- Title
- [Lydia Webster sitting in a baby carriage in front of 4834 Penn Street, Philadelphia, Pa.]
- Description
- Depicts Lydia Webster, the daughter of John H. Webster, Jr., bundled in winter clothing and sitting in a baby carriage in front of the porch of John H. Webster Sr. (4834 Penn Street). The southwest facade of George S. Webster's residence is visible in the background (4900 Penn Street). The Webster family owned four neighboring houses on Penn Street (4830-4900)., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members., Numbered 2.14 in manuscript note on negative sleeve.
- Creator
- Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.34]
- Title
- [Webster family residences, 4830-4834 Penn Street, Philadelphia, Pa.]
- Description
- Depicts the front porches of three neighboring residences owned by the Webster family at 4830-4834 Penn Street. John H. Webster, Jr., photographer and surveyor, owns the first house to the left (4830). His brother, also a surveyor, owns the neighboring twin house (4832). Their father, John H. Webster, Sr., owns the single dwelling immediately northeast of the twin properties owned by his sons (4834)., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
- Creator
- Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.123]
- Title
- [Webster family residences, rear view, 4830-4834 Penn Street, Philadelphia, Pa.]
- Description
- Rear view of three neighboring residences owned by the Webster family at 4830-4834 Penn Street. The photographer's brother, Clement B. Webster stands with his wife, Bertha T. Webster, in the backyard looking toward the camera. The photographer's mother, Lydia S. Webster, stands at a rear window of 4834 and the photographer's wife, Jane L. Webster, is sitting on the second floor of their home (4830), looking out of the window. John H. Webster, Jr., photographer and surveyor, owns the first house to the right (4830). His brother, also a surveyor, owns the neighboring twin house (4832). Their father, John H. Webster, Sr., owns the single dwelling immediately northeast of the twin properties owned by his sons (4834)., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
- Creator
- Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.124]
- Title
- [Johnson Homestead postcards]
- Description
- Contains images of the Johnson Homestead, showing exterior views of front facade of the former residence of John Johnson built 1765-1768 by master builder Jacob Knor at 6306 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA. 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., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., Contains 3 postcards printed in color and 4 printed in black and white., Accession numbers: P.9048.219 - 220, P.9048.376, P.9048.387, P.9049.73 - 74 and P.9577.18., Purchase 1984, 1998., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
- Date
- 1900-1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Residences - A - M - [various]
- Title
- Old Johnson House, N. W. Main & Washington Lane
- Description
- Oblique view of south flank and east front of house 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 to the three-story stone house. The first story contains windows with shutters and a shingled awning. Dwelling also includes dormer windows and chimneys on the roof. In the left, a picket fence and the side entrance are visible. Trees and an utility pole are in front of the property. A white man pedestrian stands in the street in the right. 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., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount., Accessioned 1999., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
- Creator
- Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
- Date
- February 18, 1913
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.70]
- Title
- Building in rear of the Johnson house, Washington Lane
- Description
- Exterior view of the stone outbuilding in the rear of the former residence of John Johnson built 1765-1768 by master builder Jacob Knor at 6306 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA. Shows the staircase leading to the doorway of the ivy-covered outbuilding. The Johnson property is divided by a stone wall. In the background, behind the wall, depicts two four-story, brick apartment buildings. 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., Slide number 77., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount., Date inferred from content., Accessioned 1999., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
- Creator
- Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1913
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.72]
- Title
- Doorway to Johnson House, Main & Washington Ln
- Description
- Exterior detail of the front doorway 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 “6306” at the top and flanked by shuttered windows. A shingled awning covers the entrance. 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., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount., Accessioned 1999., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
- Creator
- Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
- Date
- 1916
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.75]
- Title
- 5151 Main St. Home of Phil. R. Freas and first office of the Village Telegraph, later Germantown Telegraph
- Description
- Exterior view of front facade of dwelling once home to Philip R. Freas, who established the Village Telegraph (i.e. Germantown Telegraph) in 1830. His office was in the small building next door. Edward Albert's produce shop occupies the old dwelling in this photograph. Includes Samuel Gordon's boot shop at 5149 1/2 Main Street (i.e. Germantown Avenue). Pedestrians browse the shops along the block., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
- Creator
- Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
- Date
- Negative January 30, 1913
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.16]
- Title
- 5275-7 Main St. Occupied by Thos. Jefferson in 1793 & Edmund Randolph
- Description
- Exterior view of front facade of the Clarkson-Watson House, built circa 1745 for Matthew Clarkson, a merchant and mayor of Philadelphia from 1792 to 1796. Thomas Jefferson and Edmund Randolph stayed here during the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. The Bank of Germantown occupied the property from 1825 to 1869. John Fanning Watson, author of Annals of Philadelphia, also lived here. Includes a partial view of the neighboring business at 5275 Main Street (i.e. Germantown Avenue) owned by Chas. M. Stefken., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
- Creator
- Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
- Date
- January 30, 1913
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.24]
- Title
- Doorway of Chew House, 1882
- Description
- Exterior detail view of the front doorway of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. Shows the pediment over the front door, which is flanked by shuttered windows. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation., Slide number 93., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount., Accessioned 1999., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
- Creator
- Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
- Date
- 1882
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.89]
- Title
- Millverton, home of Joseph Lea and Sarah Ann Robeson, his wife, at mouth of Wissahickon. From painting
- Description
- Copy of a painting depicting Millverton from the west bank of the Schuylkill River looking northeast. Occupied by Joseph Lea and Sarah Ann Robeson, the daughter of Peter Robeson, who purchased the nearby estate in Shoomac Park the year Sarah was born. Located immediately north of the Wissahickon Creek near Ridge Avenue. In the background, a train crosses the Norristown Railroad Bridge, which dwarfs the Ridge Avenue Bridge in front of it. Another house sits on a hill north of Millverton. There is activity on and near the river in the foreground., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount., Property later known as the Riverside Mansion.
- Creator
- Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1913
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.165]
- Title
- Betsy Ross House before restoration
- Description
- Exterior view of the Betsy Ross House, built ca. 1740 and renovated by Richardson Brognard Okie in 1936. A banner spelling out "Birthplace of Old Glory" hangs below a picture of George Washington and a replica of the first American flag designed by Betsy Ross in 1776. Also depicts adjacent businesses in much taller commercial buildings, including the United States Thread Company and Berger Bros. Co., tinplate and metals., Inscribed in negative: 2186., Title from negative sleeve., Also known as the American Flag House.
- Creator
- Hand, Alfred, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1920
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.7]
- Title
- Logan House postcards
- Description
- Exterior views of front facade. Original portion of house constructed in 1801 for Philadelphia merchant Thomas Armat by builders Peter L. Berry and John Ardis., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 102A08 and 102B09., Undivided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1905
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Mansions - 102]
- Title
- Revd. Dr. Blackwell's house and residence until his decease, on the south side of Pine Street, between Second and Third Streets in the picture opposite the public street lamp Govr. John Penn's residence where the deceased, (in the picture), next east of Dr. Blackwell's. Both houses are still standing, in excellent repair and condition, this day, July 11th 1864. Govr. Penn was the grandson of the founder, W. Penn
- Description
- View looking west from Second Street showing the residence of Robert Blackwell, minister of St. Peter's Church and Christ Church, built 1773 at 224 Pine Street. Also shows the residence of Governor John Penn (222 Pine), the steeple of St. Peter's Church (300-340 Pine), children standing on the stoop of the Blackwell residence, a lamppost, and a partial view of a carriage., Dates inscribed on photograph., Compass directions by manuscript note on mount., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Manuscript note on mount: (Vide opposite page.) CP., Originally part of a Philadelphia scrapbook directory for 1768 compiled by John McAllister, Jr., Charles Massey, Jr. and Charles Poulson.
- Creator
- Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
- Date
- May or June 1859
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Residences - B [3599.Q.107 (Poulson)]
- Title
- Views in Fairmount Park Philadelphia, 1884
- Description
- Album containing eight pencil sketched, titled views of prominent sites at Fairmount Park. Includes Belmont Mansion from the East; Mount Pleasant; Tom Moore's Cottage above Columbia Bridge; Belmont Mansion from the West; Gen. Grant's Headquarters; the Elevator, (i.e. observatory) at Lemon Hill; Penna. R.R. Bridge (i.e., Connecting Railway Bridge); and Rockland Landing from Columbia Bridge., Drawing of Mount Pleasant depicts an exterior view of the Mount Pleasant Mansion built 1761-1765 for Captain John Macpherson after the designs of Thomas Nevil in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. View shows the front entrance with a large tree in the left. Macpherson, a privateer during the Seven Years’ War, purchased the estate with profits from these operations. Free white and Black laborers, indentured servants, and at least four enslaved people of African descent, whose names are unknown, worked on the plantation. In 1779, General Benedict Arnold purchased Mount Pleasant for his wife Peggy Shippen, but they never occupied the house. In 1792, General Jonathan Williams purchased the mansion. The City of Philadelphia purchased the property from the Williams family in 1869. On behalf of the city, the Philadelphia Museum of Art restored the house in 1926., Red leather binding stamped S. Lewis Jones., Purchase 2004., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
- Date
- [1884]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.2004.32]