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Pomona GroveEntry/Object ID
2010.447.1Description
Black and white photograph of Pomona Grove, mounted on stiff cardboard. Notes on back:: "From W. E. Meehan" "Pomona, showing yew tree at N.E. cor of present Baynton St. & Pomona Terrace, E. J. C." "Pomona Grove which occupied a tract of land of over 19 acres, bordering on Main Street, the Upper Burying Ground, East Washington Lane and north to where Duval Street is today and extended to about Chew Street. The mansion was built in 1775 and Christopher Huber was the owner at the time of the Battle of Germantown and the property formed part of the battlefield. It was the summer home of many prominent citizens and merchants, among them the Shoemakers, Colonel Forrest, Dr. Duval owned it in 1811, he sold it to Mr. Baker. Thos. W. Evans was the owner in 1863, who sold it in 1875 to Amos R. Little. It was one of the show places of Germantown. In 1886 the tract was cut up and Pomona Terrace and Duval Street were cut through. Soon after the mansion was torn down to make way for a development of small houses. This photo shows the mansion just before it was demolished but with the streets cut through."Photograph Details
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Print Size: 4.5 x6.75"