Upsala taken from the street

Photograph

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Upsala taken from the street

Entry/Object ID

2001.002.00034

Description

Urban Village Exhibit, Ex27 Label: Upsala was built by John Johnson, 3rd, the son of John Johnson, Jr. and Rachel Livezey. With his marriage to Sarah Wheeler, a Quaker from the Northern Liberties area of Philadelphia, John Johnson, 3rd, represents another step in the assimilation of Germantown residents into the predominant English culture. The architecture Johnson chose for Upsala in 1798 is English.