Name/Title
4925-4939 Germantown AvenueEntry/Object ID
2013.5.4.35a-cDescription
Three images found on page 35 of scrapbook 2, "Pictorial Germantown Road and the Vicinity & Some of its Inhabitants. Compiled by George Clarence Johnson. Volume I. East Side." The page is headed "Clarkson Avenue near Wister Street.
Image a is a print from an etching of the Mechlin - Sober House, 4935 Germantown Avenue with a caption that indicates it was built in 1747, torn down in 1872, that the property originally included 4935, 4937, and part of the yard of 4931 Germantown Avenue, that part made way for E. Clapier St., originally Mechlin St.
Image b is a print from an engraving showing the Mechlin - Sober House on the left, 4935 Germantown Avenue, the Dedier House on the right, 4925-29 Germantown Avenue, and the McGuire place at 4931 Germantown Avenue set back between them. A caption says the Dedier House was built in 1748, was torn down in 1881, was occupied by William Dedier, a carpenter, in 1809, was part of the estate of Peter Dedier, and was two houses above the burial ground.
Image c is a print from an engraving showing the Muller House, 4939 Germantown Avenue, on the left and the Dannenhower House, 4937 Germantown Avenue, on the right. A caption says the Muller House was on the site of a drug store on the northeast corner of Clapier Street and Germantown Avenue, was occupied by Jacob Miller in 1809, whose son George Miller lived in theToland House, was owned by Matthias R. Miller in 1851 and by John R. Miller in 1871, that the rear was a bake house that baked bread for British troops during the Revolutionary War. A caption says that the Dannenhower house was located where Clapier Stree was built through Wagner property, that George Dannenhower built the house in 1745 and sold it to Thomas Roberts in 1753, that the Roberts family occupied it for four generations, and that it was later acquired by William Wagner.Collection
GHS Scrapbook Collection
