Fisher's Lane

2013.5.4.26a-c

2013.5.4.26a-c

Name/Title

Fisher's Lane

Entry/Object ID

2013.5.4.26a-c

Description

Three images of Fisher's Lane found on page 26 of scrapbook 2, "Pictorial Germantown Road and the Vicinity & Some of its Inhabitants. Compiled by George Clarence Johnson. Volume I. East Side." A caption indicates that Fisher's Lane is now East Logan Street and was named for Thomas Fisher, son-in-law of William Logan and an owner of packet ships traveling to London. Image a is of and engravine of Johannes Wuster's house, "Rosenheim Castle," at Wakefield Street and Fisher's Lane. Image b is an engraving of Fisher's Hollow showing Fisher's Lane and the Wakefiled or Fisher Mills, built c. 1755 by William Logan Fisher. Image c is an engraving of the Wakefield Mills including the Revolutionary Powder Mill.

Collection

GHS Scrapbook Collection