View of the Theobald Endt House and the Bechtel House
Entry/Object ID
2013.5.1.81
Description
Photographs from Photo Scrapbook 1, Part 2, Page 81
Please see Notes for a full description of photograph caption. Starting on the left, the photograph shows a portion of the Theobald Endt House (5224 Germantown Avenue as verified by lettering stenciled on the front shop window, also identifying the establishment as "Rose's Hair A Gain" shop). The building is two stories with a dormer window built into the roof line (which is metal-seamed). A circular sign is affixed over the front entrance (which may identify the business as a beauty shop - the sign lettering is difficult to decipher in the photograph). Drapes are visible at the top of the interior window and advertising materials are visible in the front window ledge. The rear portion of an automobile is parked in front of this building. Germantown Avenue is seen in the foreground with trolley tracks embedded in the paving.
To the right, at 5226 Germantown Avenue is the Bechtel House which is shown as the H.H. Wetherstine Antique Shop. This structure is also two stories with a metal-seamed roof and two dormer windows built into the roof line. Two brick chimneys also protrude above the roof line at opposite ends of the structure. The main entrance is situated in the center of the facade with two large windows on either side (many of the antiques are seen in both windows). The front entrance is elevated above the sidewalk level by a number of stone steps and four basement windows are visible above sidewalk level on either side of the front steps. Above either window is lettering identifying the shop as well as a lettered sign above the front entrance.
At the far right in the photograph (perhaps 5230-5232 Germantown Avenue) is a one story building identified by lettering on the fascia board as Commercial Printing, Stationery and Publishing. There appear to be two entrances (the one on the right partially obscured by a 'Suburban Laundry' truck parked in front of the building. There is a small lot separating this building from the Bechtel House and a fence encloses the front of the lot (ivy is growing on the side of the 5320-5232 Germantown Avenue site). Towering in the background above this building is a large steeple.
