Name/Title
The WissahickonEntry/Object ID
2013.34.3.80a-bDescription
The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 3 -The Wissahickon
Page 80 contains two newspaper clippings:
(a, all of column 1 and top two-thirds of column 2) This article is entitled "Four Rittenhouse Homes Defy Time". The article mentions the four homes in Rittenhousetown still standing (that of William Rittenhouse and those of Enoch, Samuel and Jacob Rittenhouse). The William Rittenhouse house is also the birthplace of his grandson, David Rittenhouse, famous scientist. The article also includes a photograph of Mrs. William Pinkerton, a descendant of David Rittenhouse, who occupies the Jacob Rittenhouse homestead.
(b, bottom third of column 2, all of column 3 (not to include photograph) and all of column 4) This clipping is entitled "Rittenhousetown Still Defies Time." The article describes the history of the houses in Rittenhoustown and mentions current occupants still living in some of the houses. A Mrs. William Pinkerton and her family live in one of the houses (she is a descendant of David Rittenhouse). Park employees live in the other homes, which are owned by the Farimount Park Comnmission.Collection
GHS Scrapbook CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1900 - 1910Notes
Creation Date: July 28, 1928 and April 7, 1932
