4811, 4817, 4825 Germantown Avenue

2013.5.4.22a-c

2013.5.4.22a-c

Name/Title

4811, 4817, 4825 Germantown Avenue

Entry/Object ID

2013.5.4.22a-c

Description

Three descriptions of houses in the 4800 block of Germantown Avenue on page 21 of scrapbook 2, "Pictorial Germantown Road and the Vicinity & Some of its Inhabitants. Compiled by George Clarence Johnson. Volume I. East Side." Item a describes the Old Lorain House, 4811 Germantown Avenue (4421 Main Street). The description refers to Jacob Miller, the Battle of Germantown, James Stokes, John Lorain, Sr., Lorain daughters, the Shoemaker House, John Griggs, William Adamson, and a Catholic institution. Item b describes the Mehl House, 4817 Germantown Avenue (4429 Main Street). The description refers to the Battle of Germantown, Edward Mehl, Martin Mehl, Townsend Ward, William Mehl, the Henson Hosiery Mills, and the Masland Mills. Item c describes the Ottinger House, 4825 Germantown Avenue (4431 Main Street). The description refers to Douglass Ottinger, Christopher Ottinger, the Battle of Germantown, the Germantown Theatre Guild, and Susan W. Coulter.

Collection

GHS Scrapbook Collection