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.
- 5829 (the northeast corner of Germantown
and East Rittenhouse Street) has been the site of:
- 5831-33. 1982 Register:
Commercial building, 1910; first floor alterations c. 1960's. --- Contributing.
- 5835. 1982 Register: Commercial
building, c. 1950. --- Intrusion.
- 5837-41. 1982 Register:
Commercial/residential building, c. 1910, Colonial Revival style. --- Contributing.
- 5843 through 5853 has been reconfigured
over time into a variety of different sites:
- 5853 through 5859 has been reconfigured
over time into a variety of different sites:
- 5857. Sylvester Coulston's House.
Demolished.
- 5859. One-and-a-half story house with
hip roof, possibly eighteenth century. Demolished.
- 5853-59. 1982 Register: "Commercial
building c. 1965, one story. --- Intrusion."
- 5861 through 5865 has included these
sites:
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.
- 5900-02. John Rittenhouse houses.
1982 Register: c. 1828, first floor alterations nineteenth and twentieth
centuries, Federal style. --- Contributing.
- 5904. 1982 Register: F.W.
Herzog commercial/residential building, 1906, C. Wells, architect; Georgian
Revival style. --- Contributing.
- 5906-08. 1982 Register:
James Hutchinson store, 1916; Magaziner and Potter, architects; Georgian
Revival Style. --- Contributing. Two much older buildings were demolished
for this building.
- 5910 has been the site of:
- Enos Springers' house
- 1982 Register: Commercial/residential building, c. 1870,
Italianate/Colonial Revival styles. --- Contributing.
- 5912. 1982 Register:
"Commercial/residential building for J. Resnick, 1922, P. Kuhn, architect;
first floor alteration c. 1970, two stories, brick with wood trim, Modern
style. --- Contributing."
- 5914. 1982 Register:
"Commercial/residential building, c. 1900; aluminum sided facade c.
1975, three stories, brick with wood, pressed metal and aluminum siding,
Georgian Revival style. --- Contributing."
- Office of African American real estate agent
on Germantown below Haines.
- 5916. 1982 Register: Commercial/residential
building, c. 1910, three stories, Georgian Revival style. --- Contributing.
- 5918. Joseph Jacob Shop. 1982
Register: c. 1810; later alterations, two stories, Georgian Revival
style. --- Contributing.
- 5920-22. Joseph Jacob House.
1982 Register: c. 1810; Colonial/Federal styles. --- Contributing.
- 5924. John Metzler House. 1982
Register: before 1784; new facade c. 1860, Italianate style. --- Contributing.
- 5926. John Metzler house. 1982
Register: before 1784; Colonial/Federal styles. --- Contributing.
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:
- 5928 has been the site of three different
buildings:
- 5936-42 has been the site of two
buildings:
- 5944-46. 1982 Register:
c. 1800; commercial/residential; Georgian Revival style. --- Contributing.
- 5948-52. Bankers Trust Building.
1982 Register: Commercial/residential building, c. 1900. J. Margolies,
architect. Georgian Revival style. --- Contributing.
Germantown Avenue between Harvey/High Streets
and Walnut Lane
6000 block, east side of Germantown Avenue between Harvey/High
Streets and Walnut Lane:
- 6001-23 has been the site of:
- 6025 through 6029 has included these
sites:
- 6031-33. 1982
Register: Commercial/residential building, 1886; alterations c.
1900, Italianate/Georgian styles. --- Contributing.
- 6035-37. 1982 Register:
"Commercial/residential building, c. 1912; 6037 refaced c. 1950, three
stories, brick, stone and pressed metal with wood trim, Georgian Revival
style. --- Contributing."
- 6043. Shippen-Blair House. 1982 Register: part possibly built by Dr. Christoper
Witt, before 1789; Federal style. --- Significant.
6000 block, west side of Germantown Avenue between Harvey/High
Streets and Walnut Lane:
- 6000-02. 1982 Register:
John Johnson Building, c. 1740. Colonial style. --- Contributing.
- 6004. 1982 Register: Commercial/residential
building, c. 1870, Italianate style. ---Contributing.
- 6006-10. 1982 Register:
"Commercial/residential building, c. 1945, one story. --- Intrusion."
- 6026. Wyck. 1982 Register:
Western section, c. 1730, eastern section c. 1700, passageway enclosed
before 1775, west wing before 1845. --- Significant.
- Washington Engine Company. Small
frame building. Demolished.
Germantown Avenue between Walnut Lane and
Tulpehocken Street
6100 block, east side of Germantown Avenue between Walnut Lane
and Tulpehocken Street:
- 6101. 1982 Register: "(NEC
Walnut Lane) Service station, c. 1935; later alteration, one story, enameled
metal. -- - Intrusion." Demolished.
- 6105. Blair-Button-Deaver House.
Demolished.
- 6109. Robert Thomas House. Demolished.
- 6113. 1982 Register: "(SEC
Herman) Service station, c. 1935; later alterations, one story. --- Intrusion."
- 6115. Demolished.
- 6117. has been the site of these buildings:
- Stone building built by Bob Thomas. Demolished.
- 1982 Register: Commercial/residential building, 1888, Queen
Anne style. --- Contributing.
- 6119. Mennonite Meeting House.
1982 Register: 1770, rear section 1907, Colonial Style. --- Significant.
- 6133 has been the site of these buildings:
- Samuel Keyser's House, c. 1750. Demolished.
- 6133. 1982 Register:
Residential building, 1871, Second Empire style. --- Contributing.
- Pastorius Street (formerly the narrow Elbow Lane) opened east
from 6135 in 1870.
- 6137. Demolished.
- 6139 through 6149 has been the site
of various buildings:
- 6141. Demolished.
- 6139-43. 1982 Register:
Kendrick Building, c. 1920; addition 1925, H. King, architect, Georgian
Revival style. --- Contributing.
- 6143 and 6145. Two colonial stone houses.
Demolished.
- 6145-49. 1982 Register: "Three commercial/residential
buildings, 1914; various first floor alterations, two stories, brick with
pressed metal and wood trim, Georgian Revival style. --- Contributing."
- 6151-53. Tulpehocken Theater/New Bethel AME
Church. 1982 Register: Constructed 1914, William
Hoffman, architect; alterations 1961 and 1977. --- Intrusion.
6100 block, west side of Germantown Avenue between Walnut Lane
and Tulpehocken Street:
- 6100-02 has been the site of these buildings:
- 6104-06 has been the site of these buildings:
- Eighteenth-century stone house.
Demolished.
- 6104-06. 1982 Register:
Two commercial/residential buildings, c. 1870, first floor alterations
6104 c. 1960 and 6106 c. 1890; Italianate style. --- Contributing.
- 6108 has been the site of:
- 6110. 1982 Register: Commercial/residential
building, c. 1870; Italianate style. --- Contributing.
- 6112. Dirck Jansen House. 1982
Register: c. 1750; later alterations, Federal style. --- Contributing.
- 6114-16 has been the site of these
buildings:
- 6114. Two-story stucco house (1809
or earlier). Demolished.
- 6116. Demolished.
- 6114-16. 1982 Register:
A.R. Smith and Company Stores, 1927, E.A. Wilson, architect; Georgian Revival
style. --- Contributing.
- 6118 has been the site of these buildings:
- 6122. 1982 Register: Commercial/residential
building, c. 1865; two and one-half stories, Second Empire style. --- Contributing.
- 6128 has been the site of:
- 6132-38 has been the site of:
- 6140-44 has been the site of these buildings:
MCCALLUM (ADAMS) STREET
5900 block
6000 block
6000 block, west side:
- 6016-18 and 6020-22. Two pairs of two-story brick twins.
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:
- 22-24. Two three-story brick, stone and stucco houses.
- 26. Three-story brick and stucco single dwelling.
- 28. Two and a half story Gothic Revival with a two-story store
front addition.
- 34-36. A pair of brick and stucco three-story twin houses, with
a first floor bay window.
- 38-42. Three attached three-story brick and stucco residences.
- Southeast corner of Lena Street. Three-story stucco Classical
Revival building, part of St. Vincent de Paul Church complex.
- 114. Three-story bracketed stucco with two-story side addition.
- 118, 122, and 126. Three two-and-a-half story stucco residences,
all the same style with three-register facades and single dormers.
- 128 through 134. Four three-story stucco row houses.
- 136 and 138. Three-story brick residences with mansard roofs
and arched keystone entrances.
East Rittenhouse Street, unit block, north side:
- 7. Two stone houses, constructed
1848.
- 11-31. Eleven two-story brick row houses.
- 35-37. A pair of three-story of bracketed stone and stucco twins.
- 45. Two-story bracketed residence with a flat roof.
- 127-129. Two nineteenth-century three-story stucco rowhouses.
East Rittenhouse Street, 300 block
Overviews of West Rittenhouse
Street.
West Rittenhouse Street, unit block, south side:
West Rittenhouse Street, unit block, north side:
- Utilities along Honey Run.
Germantown Gas Works, the pump industry and the first sewer in Germantown.
- Coach factory. Demolished.
- Old stone spring house, adjoining
the Old Poor House. Demolished.
- 17. Three story brick residence/commercial.
Demolished.
- 27. Mt. Zion Baptist Educational Center.
Two story brick building.
- 33. Three story brick residence.
- 35. Three story brick barber
shop and residence. Demolished.
- 37 has been the site of these buildings:
- 45. Italianate three- story stone
and stucco residence.
- 49. Three-story Italianate stone
and stucco residence, with commercial alterations to first floor.
West Rittenhouse Street, 100 block, south side:
- 112. Three-story stucco residence.
- 114. Britton Harris house. Two-story
Late Federal residence, circa 1840.
- 118. Two-story Late Federal
house.
- 120. Three-story stucco residence
with wood trim. Demolished.
- 122-124. Two-story stone and stucco residence.
- 132. Three-story stucco residence.
Demolished.
- House of Prayer Church on the Rock. Two-story brick building.
Flat roof.
West Rittenhouse Street, 100 block, north side::
- 101. Brick two-story residence.
- 109.Two-and-a-half story brick
residence with additions and alterations.
- 111. Two-story stucco residence.
- United House of Prayer. Contemporary brick building. Gabled
roof.
- 125-129. Row of three brick and stone two-and-a- half story
row houses with wood trim. Mansard roofs with a gable dormer facing the
street. Two register facades with a small covered porch for each entry
door.
EAST HAINES STREET (formerly Meeting House Lane, Methodist Lane, Pickius
Lane, Bristol Lane)
Written descriptions of East Haines
Street are found in several sources.
- Twin homes, East Haines Street near
Germantown Avenue. Demolished.
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:
- 16-18. A pair of three-story brick row houses.
- 20-22. A pair of two-story stone houses. Number 22 has a third-story
addition.
- 26. Three-story bracketed brick house with a flat roof and stone
lintel.
- 28. Three-story bracketed brick house with a flat roof with
wood window frames and arched transom over front door.
- 30. One-story residence.
- 34. Two-story brick and stucco residence.
- 38. Two-story brick and stucco residence.
- 40-42. A pair of three-story brick residences.
- 44-46. A pair of small, two-story brick twins each with a first-story
bay.
- 50. A two-story stone and stucco dwelling.
- 52-54 and 58-60. Two pairs of two-story stone and stucco twin
residences with front bays on the first stories.
- 62. A two-story stucco single residence.
- 64. A two-story brick single residence.
West Haines Street, north side between Germantown and McCallum:
HARVEY STREET
West Harvey Street, south side between Germantown and McCallum:
- 10. Two-story modern brick building.
- 16. Two-story modern brick building.
- 18. Two-and-a-half story dwelling. Stucco with unusual wood
trim, gable end facing the street.
- 20. Two-and-a-half story stucco dwelling with mansard roof,
front bay and side entrance.
- 26-30. A row of three twentieth-century two-story brick dwellings.
Second-floor bay windows, decorative fa¡ade and flat roofs.
- 32. Two-and-a-half story stucco single dwelling with gable.
- 38-40. Two-and-a-half story twin residences. Gable ends to street,
doorways embellished with pediment and urn. Number 40 has a side addition
with entry door.
- 42. A two-story stone dwelling
set back from the street.
- 48. An early nineteenth-century
two-story brick and stone dwelling. Porch, dormer, double doors.
- 54-58. A row of three two-and-a-half story dwellings with hipped
roofs and dormers.
- 62. Three-story stucco residence with mansard roof.
- 64. Two-and-a-half story stucco residence with hipped roof.
- 68. Two-and-a-half story stucco residence.
West Harvey Street, north side between Germantown and McCallum:
- 17-21. Three two-and-a-half story Greek Revival residences.
Stucco, each altered in different ways.
- 25. One-story commercial building. Brick with imitation stone
fa¡ade.
- 29. A two-and-a-half story stone
dwelling. Greek Revival style. Double door at center of narrow fa¡ade
has pillars and pediment.
- 33. Two-and-a-half story Greek Revival stucco residence. Single
dormer, porch.
- 41. Two-and-a-half story stucco
house with mansard roof and wood trim. Home of Dr. William Warrick.
West Harvey Street, south side between McCallum and Greene:
- 100. Three-story stucco dwelling with mansard roof, second-floor
bay, and "gingerbread" front porch.
- 104. A two-and-a-half story
stone and stucco dwelling. Tin roof and unusual dormer with triangular
window.
- 108-10. Two-and-a-half story twin Victorian residences. Exterior:
stone on first floor and brick on the second, with large wooden bays on
the first and second floors and a shared gable on third floor.
- Arc Company. Stone commercial building.
- Corner commercial property. Modern gas station/restaurant. Abandoned.
West Harvey Street, north side between McCallum and Greene:
- Panorama.
- 101. Two-and-a-half story dwelling, stucco with decorative wood
trim. Gable end to street, side entry and porch.
- 109. Two-and-a-half story Victorian dwelling with large, two-story
modern addition. Stucco construction with wood and brick trim.
- 115-17. A pair of three-story stucco residences with wood trim
and mansard roofs.
- 119. Three-story residence with mansard roof and recent brick
front addition.
- 127. Two-and-a-half story stucco dwelling.
- 131. Two-and-a-half story stucco dwelling with dormer.
- 133. Two-and-a-half story stucco dwelling with wood trim. Gable
end to street. First floor bay.
- 137. A two-story stone dwelling,
circa 1860. Significant alterations and additions, including those to house
and garage by architect-owner Robeson Lea Perot in 1925.
- 141-43. Two-and-a-half story Victorian twin residences with
decorative brick, cedar and wood trim.
- 145-47. Victorian twin residences with mansard roofs.
- 151-53. Two-and-a-half story Greek Revival stucco twin residences.
- 159. Three-story Greek Revival stucco single dwelling.
- 161. A two-story and attic
stone house. Constructed 1857. Demolished.
- 165-67. Gothic three-story stucco twins with mansard roofs and
porches.
HIGH STREET
High Street, south side between Germantown and Baynton (now occupied
entirely by Germantown High School):
- 18. Two stables and a wash house
behind the Morris-Littell House. Demolished.
- 66. Three-story stucco house. Greek
Revival style. Demolished.
High Street, north side between Germantown and Baynton:
- Panorama.
- 25. Pastorius-Dunton House (formerly
at 6001 Germantown Avenue).
- 33. Two-and-a-half-story stone
house. Home of Dr. Naaman H. Keyser.
- 35-37. Two-and-a-half story stone twin residences.
- 47. American Legion Post #3. Two-story
brick and stone club house.
- 49-51. Two-and-a-half story brick twin residences.
- 59. Three-story stone Greek Revival.
- 67-69 and 73-75. Two pairs of two-and-a-half story brick and
stone twin residences with mansard roofs.
- 79. One-half of a two-and-a-half story stone twin, not in the
same style as 67-75.
- 81. Three-story brick apartment building, constructed in the
twentieth century.
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:
- 23. Wyck Tenant House, c. 1849.
Late Federal Style.
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. Residence.
- 106. Residence.
- 112. Residence.
- 116. Residence, 1894. Queen
Anne style.
- 124. Residence.
- 130 and 132. Pair of residences.
Barn in the rear of 130.
- 138. Residence, c. 1860; 1893
alterations by Mantle Fielding. Italianate; Victorian overlay.
- 146. Residence. Bracketed Italian
Villa.
- 150. Residence, c. 1860. Bracketed
Villa. Attributed to John Riddell.
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:
- Conyers Button's stable. Demolished.
- 16-26. A row of two-and-a-half story
stone, brick and frame row homes.
- 30 and 32. Three-story brick twins with mansard roof.
- 36 and 38. Three-story stucco twins with Flemish gable.
- 40. Single dwelling. Greek Revival Style. Bays on first and
second floors of facade.
- 50-82. A row of three- story
brick row houses with mansard roofs, circa 1890.
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.
- 29. Two-and-a-half story brick
and stucco twin. Ca. 1905.
- 31. Two-and-a-half story brick
and stucco twin. Ca. 1905.
- 33. Two-and-a-half story brick
and stucco twin. Ca. 1905.
- 35. Two-and-a-half story brick
and stucco twin. Ca. 1905.
- 37. Two-and-a-half story brick
and stucco twin. Ca. 1905.
- 39. Two-and-a-half story brick
and stucco twin. Ca. 1905.
- 41. Two-and-a-half story brick
and stucco twin. Ca. 1905.
- 43. Two-and-a-half story brick
and stucco twin. Ca. 1905.
- 45. Two-and-a-half story brick
and stucco twin. Ca. 1905.
- 47. Two-and-a-half story brick
and stucco twin. Ca. 1905.
- 49. Two-and-a-half story brick
and stucco twin, stands alone. Ca. 1905.
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."
- Hosiery Mills of Conyers Button and Co.
South side of unit block of Herman Street. Demolished. Manufacturers of
Penn. (pub 1875) pp. 255-56
- 118. Edwin Costley Jellett House.
Two-story stucco house, gable end facing street. Victorian style. Demolished.
- 83. Single three-story stone
house. Demolished?
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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