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Title: The Academy, School L[ane] & Green St[reet] [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing the Germantown Academy, a two-story stone school building surrounded by trees at the corner of School Lane and Green Street. A metal fence surrounds the lawn in front of the building and a gate opens into a driveway on the right. A lamppost stands on the sidewalk ot the right of the gate. The Germantown Academy, a nonsectarian day school, was founded in 1759. The school had two headmasters at first, David James Dove for English-speaking students and Hilarius Becker for German-speaking students. The original schoolhouse with a prominent belfry was built in 1761. During the Revolutionary War, the school was used as a hospital and camp for the British. The school moved to Fort Washington in 1965., Time: 4:30, 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 2, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1538]

Title: The G[erman]t[ow]n Academy from cor[ner] of Green St. & School Lane, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing the Germantown Academy, a large stone building surrounded by trees and a wooden fence. The academy is located at a street corner. The Germantown Academy, a nonsectarian day school, was founded in 1759. The school had two headmasters at first, David James Dove for English-speaking students and Hilarius Becker for German-speaking students. The original schoolhouse with a prominent belfry was built in 1761. During the Revolutionary War, the school was used as a hospital and camp for the British. The school moved to Fort Washington in 1965., Time: 9:30, Light: Very dark day., 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: March 31, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1088]

Title: Germantown Academy from toward Green St[reet] [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing Germantown Academy, a two-story stone building with a steeple. In front of the building is a line of trees, a lawn, a metal fence and a road. Two children sit in the grass while another boy stands to the left. The Germantown Academy, a nonsectarian day school, was founded in 1759. The school had two headmasters at first, David James Dove for English-speaking students and Hilarius Becker for German-speaking students. The original schoolhouse with a prominent belfry was built in 1761. During the Revolutionary War, the school was used as a hospital and camp for the British. The school moved to Fort Washington in 1965., Photographer remarks: Janitor wouldn't leave lower shutters open., Time: 5:10, Light: Fairly 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: April 23, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.564]

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