Name/Title
Fry HouseEntry/Object ID
2013.5.4.60Description
An etching of the Fry House, 5273 Germantown Ave., on page 59 of scrapbook 2, "Pictorial Germantown Road and the Vicinity & Some of its Inhabitants. Compiled by George Clarence Johnson. Volume I. East Side."
A caption says the built on property acquired by Abraham Tunis in 1683 from the Frankfort Co., that the property was owned by Isaac Shoemaker in 1701, by Jacob Gottschalk in 1702. In 1743 John Bartholomew sold the house to Hohn Fry (Frey, a tin smith, and the Fry family occupied the house for four genrations. The house was demolished when Emlen Pleasant built on the site.Collection
GHS Scrapbook Collection