View of the first gristmill in Philadelphia built in 1683 by Richard Townsend in Germantown at Church and Wingohocking streets. Named for its early 19th-century owner, Hugh Roberts, the mill was razed in 1873. Shows the wheelhouse, waterfall, and mill race of the mill., Not in Wainwright., Manuscript note on recto: Germantown., Manuscript note on verso: Roberts, Hugh, Mill (1683-1878). On Wingohocking Creek, a half mile from Branchtown in old Bristol township near Mill St. (now Church Lane). Historic Germantown, p. 129. Church Lane, north side, east of Stenton Ave., pdcp00012, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Mills, Hart originally issued a series of prints of Germantown between 1863 and 1888, several of which were published as John Richards' Quaint old Germantown in Pennsylvania. A series of sixty former landmarks of Germantown and vicinity... Collated, arranged and annotated by Julius Friedrich Sachse (Philadelphia, 1913), Pl. LI. Caption in publication reads: Roberts Mill on the north side of Church Lane, east of Stenton Avenue, built 1683. Removed about 1873. The second mill in Philadelphia county built (the year when Germantown was laid out) by Richard Townsend.
Creator
Richards, John, d. 1889, artist
Date
[ca. 1863-ca. 1888]
Location
Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Philadelphiana - Mills
View of the residence of Christian Lehman (1714-1774), a surveyor and cartographer, who also was a proprietor of a nursery, at 4818 Germantown Avenue. Shows the stone house, set back from the cobblestone street, and with a yard, fence, and gate. Two additions are attached to the rear of the dwelling. Trees and shrubs line the property., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 525, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 84 R 511, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 39:25, Inscribed on verso: Presented by Mrs. John C. Browne, Oct. 10, 1918., Hart originally issued a series of prints of Germantown between 1863 and 1888, several of which were published as John Richards' Quaint old Germantown in Pennsylvania. A series of sixty former landmarks of Germantown and vicinity... Collated, arranged and annotated by Julius Friedrich Sachse (Philadelphia, 1913).
Creator
Richards, John, d. 1889, artist
Date
[ca. 1863-ca. 1888]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 84 R 511
