1982 National Register of Historic Places Inventory for Colonial Germantown Historic District:
"Commercial/residential building, c. 1870; various first floor alterations, three stories, stucco with wood trim, Italianate style. --- Contributing."

Background:
The 1854 insurance policy for Susan Douglass at this address describes a new three-story house; addendum to the policy show that the first floor was altered into a store in 1896. The site plan included in the policy is not incompatible with the 1989 photograph. Susan Douglass's barn previously stood on this site (her farmhouse was at 6114 Germantown Avenue.

Additional Sources:

• GHS: Keyser, Naaman. Manuscript Notes for v. 2 (north of Chelten), History of Old Germantown, p. 50 (unpublished typewritten notes):

  "6110 This building, now occupied by W.B. Dewees, upholsterer, is a modern structure and is erected on ground that once belonged to the property above. The entrance to Susan Douglas's barn [her house was at 6114] was about where the house now stands."

• GHS: Photo Box 21, envelope 9 Prints for Crier issues, Misc.: "6110 Germantown Ave., in 1989" (photograph printed in Germantown Crier 41(4):89, Fall 1989).

• HSP: Franklin Fire Insurance Policy O 20964 for Susan Douglass, July 22, 1854 (survey and first floor plan with addenda in 1860 and 1896).