Name/Title
The WissahickonEntry/Object ID
2013.34.3.67a-bDescription
The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 3 -The Wissahickon
Page 67 contains:
(a, top) These two small newspaper clippings are labeled "Rittenhouse Town." The articles describe the village of Rittenhousetown as prosperous and consisting of employees of the many mills along the Wissahickon. The village had dwellings, a school house, a church and a fire engine company. All are noiw gone with the exception of the ruins of the school. The author also mentions passing the site of the original paper mill on Paper Mill Run and the residence of Myles Warren, a botanist.
(b, bottom) Jellett's notes describe how Rittenhousetown was a natural out-growth of the mills, as was "Blue Bell Hill", located a little distance south. Both settlements were occupied by mill operatives. Both settlements included homes, stores, a church and fire engine. Both settlements prospered. When the mills were removed from the Wissahickon, both settlements declined and were soon deserted, leaving the chapel to remind one of Dicken's words about "few small dissenting chapels...."Collection
GHS Scrapbook Collection
