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Germantown Pike (also known as Germantown Avenue for a portion of its length) is a historic road in Pennsylvania that opened in 1687, [1] running from Philadelphia northwest to Collegeville. The road is particularly notable for the "imposing mansions" that existed in the Germantown neighborhood in Philadelphia.
Stephen Rush House, located at 3851 Germantown Pike, is a two-story fieldstone structure that served as a center of food and drink to travelers along Germantown Pike. This Inn was built about 1803 on land purchased from St. James Church. Evansburg Inn, located at 3833 Germantown Pike, is a large, two-story plastered fieldstone inn with end ...
6 E. Germantown Pike Jonathon Jones House [8] 8 E. Germantown Pike 1854 1871 – R. Jones [5] George Hitner Residence [9] 12 E. Germantown Pike 1871 – Mark Jones [5] George Hitner was issued a license to operate an inn in 1778. [10] Hitner Barn "The Barn at 14 East" 14 E. Germantown Pike c.1714 Killmer Dwelling [11] 15 E. Germantown Pike c.1838
Maulsby built or altered the Cater Corner House (c.1802), at the southeast corner of Butler Pike and Flourtown Road, possibly as housing for Thomas Davis, a free-Black limeburner recorded as living on his property. [12] At 3-5 Germantown Pike, just east of his house, Maulsby built the Plymouth Meeting General Store and Post Office (c.1826–27 ...
Wyck's earliest owner was Hans Millan (also spelled Milan), a Quaker who came from Germany by 1689, and was a descendant of a Swiss Mennonite family. [5] His daughter, Margaret, married a Dutch Quaker named Dirck Jansen, who prospered as a linen weaver in the first half of the 18th century.
The bridge was built in 1792 and repaired in 1874. It has eight spans, is 33-foot (10 m) wide, with an overall length of 202-foot (62 m). The bridge carries Germantown Pike across Skippack Creek. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. [1]
The Germantown Boys' Club, 23 W. Penn Street, 1898-1909 [38] Germantown High School, 5901-13 and 5915-41 Germantown Avenue [39] Gilbert Stuart Studio; Green Tree Tavern (Germantown) [40] [41] The Jonathan Graham House, 5356 Chew Avenue, Germantown [42] The King Green House, 5112-14 Germantown Avenue [43] The Leibert House, 6950 Germantown ...
Settlement in the Germantown area began, at the invitation of William Penn, in 1683 by Nederlanders and Germans under the leadership of Francis Daniel Pastorius fleeing religious persecution. [2] [4] [5] Colonial Germantown was a leader in religious thought, printing, and education. Important dates in Germantown's early history include: [6]