Name/Title
The WissahickonEntry/Object ID
2013.34.3.77a-cDescription
The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 3 -The Wissahickon
Page 77 contains the following:
(a, top) Jellett's notes labeled "Wissahickon Fire Engine" are transcribed by Harris as follows: "The Wissahickon fire engine was housed in a one-story, small, frame building which sttod on the northwest corner of Rittenhouse Street and the road leading over the hill by Rittenhouse school. On the N.E. corner of the same intersection stood a house in which Emhart, an old school-mate of mine, dwelt."
(b, middle) Jellett's notes are labeled "Rittenhouse-town" and are transcribed by Harris as follows: "Rittenhouse-town Baptist Chapel. Rittenhouse Street near the Wissahickon. Rev. David Spencer, Pastor Roxborough (1875)."
(c, bottom) This photograph is captioned as "Philadelphia - Umstead House - Germantown." The photograph shows a three story building likely of stone with a stucco facade. A dormer window is built into the third story roof slope. A wooden picket fence extends along the front of the house and property line. This house was located in Rittenhouse town, Wissahickon Avenue and what is today (2014) Lincoln Drive. It would have been part of the Rittenhousetown "enclave" fronting along the Paper Mill Run. This house no longer exists.Collection
GHS Scrapbook Collection
