Name/Title
The WissahickonEntry/Object ID
2013.34.3.97a-bDescription
The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 3 -The Wissahickon
Page 97 contains two newspaper clippings:
(a, all of columns one, two and three) This clipping is labeled "The Man on the Corner". This article first discusses the Rittenhouse memorials at the Homestead site in Rittenhousetown, at the Mennonite Church in Germantown and at the Montgomery County Courthouse. The article then discusses the attempts ot establish a more suitable memorial to David Rittenhouse by means of a Rittenhouse college. A site in Manayunk was established and efforts to establish the college were ongoing but ultimately did not meet with success and the college never opened. The article also discusses a Rittenhouse reunion, the Rittenhouse Circle at the Fairmount Park entrance and the memorial to William Rittenhouse at the Mennonite Church.
(b, all of column four) This article is entitled "Rittenhouse Town." The article focuses on details about the original Rittenhouse family and family members in the history of Germantown.Collection
GHS Scrapbook Collection
