Name/Title
5011-5031 Germantown AvenueEntry/Object ID
2013.5.4.36a-cDescription
Three images of the east side of Germantown Avenue above Garfield Street, found on page 36 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 engraving of the Duy House, 5015-19 Germantown Avenue, on the left and the Royal House, 5011 Germantown Avenue on the right. A caption says that the Duy House was purchaed from the Duy family by George Royal in 1860. A caption says that the Royal house was on the northeast corner of Germantown Avenue and Garfield St. and was occuipied by George Royal, a butcher, and his son Jacob.
Image b is a photograph of the Royal House, 5011 Germantown Avenue, dated to 1942.
Image c is a photograph of Duy's Tavern, 5031 Germantown Avenue, at the southeast corner of Germantown Avenue and Wister Street (formerly Duy's Lane or the Dannehower Mill Road). A caption says it was owned by Jacob Duy in 1809, later was operated by Baltzer Naphley, then by William Stallman. Later it became the Farmers' and Mechanics Hotel owned by Hamilton Boyer. Photograph is dated to 1942.Collection
GHS Scrapbook Collection
