Background:
Two story stuccoed stone house with an "old hip roof," fronting on Germantown Avenue in front of the Butler Mansion, at the lower end of the lawn. Built before 1830, occupied by William Lehman and then Thomas Seddon. Demolished by E.H. Butler after his purchase of the property in 1856.

Additional Sources:

• HSP: Franklin Fire Insurance Policy 6411 for Frederick Seckel in 1847 and for E. H. Butler in 1856 (surveys, floor plans and site map for five buildings; this house is identified as no. 2).
• Hotchkins, Rev. S. F. Ancient and Modern Germantown, Mt. Airy, and Chestnut Hill. Philadelphia: P. W. Ziegler and Co., 1889, p. 141 (text).