Germantown Avenue and Gowan Avenue

2013.5.4.163b-c

2013.5.4.163b-c

Name/Title

Germantown Avenue and Gowan Avenue

Entry/Object ID

2013.5.4.163b-c

Description

Two photographs of the Gowan or Miller Mansion, southeast corner of Germantown Avenue and Gowan Avenue, found on page 163 of scrapbook 2, "Pictorial Germantown Road and the Vicinity & Some of its Inhabitants. Compiled by George Clarence Johnson. Volume I. East Side." Photograph a, at the top of the page, is a view from the sout west across Germantown Avenue with a driveway on the right and a picket fence in the foreground. There is a caption dating the house to 1792 and naming various residents: Joseph Miller, James Gowan, Franklin B. Gowan, James E. Gowan. Photograph b, bottom, is a view from the northwest and is dated to 1902.

Collection

GHS Scrapbook Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1870 - 1902