Identifier: ancientmodernger01hotc (find matches)
Title: Ancient and modern Germantown, Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Hotchkin, Samuel Fitch, 1833-1912
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Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., P. W. Ziegler & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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t by Mr. Taylor and sold to the late S.Morris Wain. At his death it came to Mr. Vauxs family. Next to Westleigh is the school of Mrs. Comegys and Miss Bell, quite a fine building erected bythese ladies for a boarding and day school, of a very high reputation, as manyof the young ladies come from all parts of the United States. This descriptionconcludes Norwood avenue on both sides. This avenue is one of the mostpicturesque of all the rural roads near the city. It has not been dedicated asa public road, and the owners of the properties keep it in order. The trees oneither side arch over the roadway and present a most striking perspective,ending in the view of the valley of Whitemarsh. On the Reading pike from Chestnut avenue west, Mr. Piper owned a residencenext to the Taylor land, then J. Sergeant Prices property and residence, andthen Mr. Bensons house and land, including the Mitchell property, and thenthe residence of the late Mr. John Bohlen. HfW o w a Pdn MO o o >o d
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CHESTNUT HILL. 509 On the side opposite Mrs. Bohlens residence is The Eldon, a large board-ing-house, of which Mr. Simpson is the proprietor. Back to Ciiestnut avenueand the Eeading Railroad depot are first the residence of the late Mr. EdwardSimmons, and then other houses built by the late Mr. Joseph Patterson. Thefarm, as described, of Mr. Neff, and the land adjoining it, constitutes theprincijDal plot in this section of Chestnut Hill which marks the growth ofimprovement for twenty-five years. Also, it is pre-eminently one of the mostbeautiful situations and has become the attraction for rural residences. THE ELDON. Those who walk and drive along the Bethlehem turnpike cannot fail tonotice the pleasant, comfortable and ample building which is named above,and which each summer gives shelter to many city guests, and even in winterexercises its hospitality. Mr. George Simpson bought this place about twenty-four years ago, of James E. Mitchell, who purchased it of Daniel Streeper.A smal

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