Name/Title
The WissahickonEntry/Object ID
2013.34.9.51a-bDescription
The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 9 -The Wissahickon
Page 51 contains the following:
(a, top) Jellett's notes are entitled "Valley Green". Underneath this title is "Wertz(?) Mill (Comly Mill) (George A??????). "Wertz(?) mill stood (?)on the Wissahickon 1 mile north of Farmars mill. It was built about the time of the Revolution, and was succeeded by a mill erected by John Shaffer, about 1843. The property was used(?) at the beginning of the century(?) (1800) by General(?) Henry(?) Sheetz and Daniel Hitner. Daniel Wertz carved out an extensive business in milling of grist. Henry Wertz was last owner(?) of the old mill, and John Schaffer succeeded him with the new one(?). The next owners were ??? Yeakle, John Day(?), Joseph B. Comly, William Ambler and Chalkley Ambler. Comly was the owner of the mill for 30 years. The mill has been removed." (E. Matthews to E.C.J. 9-7-1905).
(b, bottom) This newspaper clipping is entitled "The Old Mill Apartment House". It is listed as "Special to the Record" and 1904. The dateline is Flourtown, Pa. and the date is January 21. The article recounts the transformation of the old grist mill into a tenement house - dubbed by locals as "The Flourtown Apartment House for Italian Residents" because the many Italians in the vicinity have "taken apartments" in the rambling, four story structure. The village of Flourtown is recalled as a grist center as early as 1781 where settlers of Salford and Franconia came to the site with their grist. The old mill is thought to have been built several years before that date. The village also became a "stopping point" for stage coach runs between Philadelphia and Bethlehem, causing many inns to be built to provide accommodations for the travelers.
For further information on the above-mentioned "Apartment House", plase see scrapbook page 74 of this volume (2013.34.9.74).Collection
GHS Scrapbook CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1890 - 1910Notes
Creation Date: 9-7-1905 and January 21, 1904
