[just posted at archinect/forum...]
Well guess what?!? Since you've lived right off Germantown Ave. you can tell
everyone that you likewise lived right off a street President George
Washington once lived on. The Dreshler House at 54xx Germantown Ave. briefly
served as the 'Executive Mansion' during Philadelphia's yellow fever
epidemic 1973-4(?) and the government (Philadelphia was US Capital
1790-1800) sought safety in Germantown.
The Dreshler House is still there, but the King of Prussia Tavern a block
up, where Jefferson stayed and Washington often ate, is gone. It's the
Risque Beauty Parlor and DollarLand now. Stotesbury also lived in Germantown
(on Tulpehocken sp?) when he was a widower with two daughter's.
Today there are some very nice sculptures from Whitemarsh Hall at the
Philadelphia Museum of Art--given by Eva in memory of Ned. The sculpture
that was in the Stairhall, before that, belonged to Frederick the Great.
Imagine that, real live King of Prussia marble.
[And, speaking of industrialists, how about Martha Stewart's coincidental
Versailles sigh of relief? I can't wait to read her guide to CREATIVE HOUSE
ARREST.]
Well guess what?!? Since you've lived right off Germantown Ave. you can tell
everyone that you likewise lived right off a street President George
Washington once lived on. The Dreshler House at 54xx Germantown Ave. briefly
served as the 'Executive Mansion' during Philadelphia's yellow fever
epidemic 1973-4(?) and the government (Philadelphia was US Capital
1790-1800) sought safety in Germantown.
The Dreshler House is still there, but the King of Prussia Tavern a block
up, where Jefferson stayed and Washington often ate, is gone. It's the
Risque Beauty Parlor and DollarLand now. Stotesbury also lived in Germantown
(on Tulpehocken sp?) when he was a widower with two daughter's.
Today there are some very nice sculptures from Whitemarsh Hall at the
Philadelphia Museum of Art--given by Eva in memory of Ned. The sculpture
that was in the Stairhall, before that, belonged to Frederick the Great.
Imagine that, real live King of Prussia marble.
[And, speaking of industrialists, how about Martha Stewart's coincidental
Versailles sigh of relief? I can't wait to read her guide to CREATIVE HOUSE
ARREST.]