Photographs from Photo Scrapbook 1, Part 1, Page 6.
Photograph a: [top] is of the John Knorr House, to the left in the photograph. The photograph shows three houses on the west side of Germantown Avenue, north from Walnut Lane. The house to the farthest left in the photograph, faced with white stucco (?) is actually two houses (6100-6102 Germantown Avenue) and is known as the John Knorr or Daniel B. Smith House. The house has two entrances facing on Germantown Avenue and is three stories with one dormer window visible on the Germantown Avenue frontage. There is a small wooden "porch" in front with an "overhang" over the two entrances. The two first floor windows to the right have shutters. The middle house in the photograph (6104-6106 Germantown Avenue) is known as the Knorr (Botton) House. Germantown Avenue appears as a dirt road and Walnut Lane intersects Germantown Avenue at the extreme left in the photograph. (See catalog number 2010.505) Original photograph year 1859.
Photograph b: [bottom] is a view of the Johnson House at Germantown Avenue and Washington Lane. The house is of stone and three stories. The photograpgh shows a front view facing on Germantown Avenue and a side view of the house. Above the first story is a wooden "overhang which runs along the front and visible side of the house. There is fencing which runs from the side of the house to the far left of the photograph. Behind the house is visible a separate building with a sloped roof and some possible "arbors" (?) behind the house. Germantown Avenue appears as a dirt road in the foreground. Original photograph taken in 1859.
