GERMANTOWN STREET INDEX

This is a summary of documentation of buildings in the Wyck/Town Hall area by street address.

North-South Streets:

 

The unit and 100 blocks of these East-West Streets:

 

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GERMANTOWN AVENUE (formerly Main Street)

 

Germantown Avenue between Rittenhouse and Haines Streets

5800 block, east side of Germantown Avenue between Rittenhouse and Haines Streets:

Panoramic views of 5829-65 Germantown Avenue.

 

5900-5926, west side of Germantown Avenue between Rittenhouse and Haines Streets

 

Some houses between West Rittenhouse Street and 5920 Germantown Avenue are mentioned in Keyser, History of Old Germantown. Most of these were demolished to make way for 20th century buildings.

Panoramic views of 5900-5926 Germantown Avenue.

Germantown Avenue between Haines and Harvey/High Streets

5900 block, east side of Germantown Avenue between Haines and Harvey/High Streets:

Germantown High School construction began in 1914. Mid-twentieth century additions led to the demolition of the rest of this block.

Panoramic views of 5901-5913 Germantown Avenue.

5900 block, west side of Germantown Avenue between Haines and Harvey/High Streets:

 

Germantown Avenue between Harvey/High Streets and Walnut Lane

6000 block, east side of Germantown Avenue between Harvey/High Streets and Walnut Lane:

 

6000 block, west side of Germantown Avenue between Harvey/High Streets and Walnut Lane:

 

Germantown Avenue between Walnut Lane and Tulpehocken Street

6100 block, east side of Germantown Avenue between Walnut Lane and Tulpehocken Street:

 

6100 block, west side of Germantown Avenue between Walnut Lane and Tulpehocken Street:

 

MCCALLUM (ADAMS) STREET

5900 block

6000 block

 

6000 block, west side:

 

6000 block, east side:

 

6100 block

6100 block, west side:

 

6100 block, east side:

 

BAYNTON STREET

No archival records found for the 5900 through the 6100 blocks.

RITTENHOUSE STREET (formerly Poor House Lane, Centre Street, Paper Mill Road)

East Rittenhouse Street, unit block

East Rittenhouse Street, unit block, south side:

East Rittenhouse Street, unit block, north side:

East Rittenhouse Street, 300 block

 

Overviews of West Rittenhouse Street.

West Rittenhouse Street, unit block, south side:

West Rittenhouse Street, unit block, north side:

West Rittenhouse Street, 100 block, south side:

West Rittenhouse Street, 100 block, north side::

EAST HAINES STREET (formerly Meeting House Lane, Methodist Lane, Pickius Lane, Bristol Lane)

Written descriptions of East Haines Street are found in several sources.

 

East Haines Street, south side between Germantown and Baynton:

Panoramic view of East Haines and Germantown Avenue.

East Haines Street, north side between Germantown and Baynton:

 

This block is now occupied by Germantown High School, the United Methodist Church, and educational and day care center, and Provident Baptist Church.

 

WEST HAINES STREET (formerly Lafayette Street)

West Haines Street, south side between Germantown and McCallum:

 

West Haines Street, north side between Germantown and McCallum:

 

HARVEY STREET

West Harvey Street, south side between Germantown and McCallum:

 

West Harvey Street, north side between Germantown and McCallum:

 

West Harvey Street, south side between McCallum and Greene:

 

West Harvey Street, north side between McCallum and Greene:

 

HIGH STREET

 

High Street, south side between Germantown and Baynton (now occupied entirely by Germantown High School):

 

High Street, north side between Germantown and Baynton:

 

WALNUT LANE (East Walnut Lane was laid out as Chestnut Street)

 

West Walnut Lane

Overviews of West Walnut Lane.

Unit block West Walnut Lane, south side, between Germantown Avenue and McCallum Street:

 

Unit block West Walnut Lane, north side, between Germantown Avenue and McCallum Street:

 

The rest of this block (nos. 11, 17, 19, 29, 31, 43, 45, 51, and 53) are double houses all in the same Second Empire style. Built of Wissahickon Schist by Thomas Mullineaux, c. 1872-1878. Archival documentation is available for specific addresses.

100 block West Walnut Lane, south side, between McCallum and Greene Streets:

 

100 block West Walnut Lane, north side, between McCallum and Greene Streets:

 

East Walnut Lane (laid out as Chestnut Street)

Unit block East Walnut Lane, south side, between Germantown Avenue and Baynton Street:

 

Unit block East Walnut Lane, north side, between Germantown Avenue and Baynton Street:

Germantown Atlases from the last three decades of the nineteenth century show buildings from the Button Mills on this site. The mill buildings were demolished in the summer of 1905 for the erection of the following twins.

 

HERMAN STREET

GHS: Keyser, Naaman, Manuscript Notes for v. 2 (north of Chelten), History of Old Germantown, p. 54 (unpublished typewritten notes):

"Herman Street, (East from 6115.)
Laid out by Robert Thomas for Robert H. Thomas, a land operator, about 1860. The latter built the houses on the north side of Herman Street near the corner."

PASTORIUS (formerly known as Elbow Lane)

TULPEHOCKEN STREET

This project does not provide a detailed look at Tulpehocken Street. However, it does include several archival sources giving an overview of Tulpehocken Street.

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