Harkinson's Ice House
West Rittenhouse Street (formerly Poor House Lane)
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Background:
Harkinson's old ice house stood opposite the old Poor House. Ice
from Kelly's dam filled the cellar. Three houses were erected
over this ice cellar even before it was filled up in the
nineteenth century.
Sources:
GHS: Jellett, Edwin C. "Germantown Historical
Miscellany," p. 233: "Old Poor House Lane" (October 8, 1898 news article).