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BASEMENT OF FRONT HOUSE. AT LEFT IS STONE FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL CHIMNEY STACK. AT RIGHT IS BRICK ARCH BENEATH ALLEY. Photo by Theodore F. Dillon, August 1960 - Captain James Abercrombie House, 268-270 South Second Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Philadelphia County; Philadelphia
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 8 x 10 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS PA,51-PHILA,621-8
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: The site of this great houses was purchased in 1758 by Captain James Abercrombie who died at sea 2 years later, leaving it to his son, the Reverend James Abercrombie. Many merchants and others prominent in Philadelphia owned and/or occupied this house. They included Charles Stedman, Blair McClenachan, Walter Stewart, William Cramond, John Ross, and William T. Smith.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-232
  • Survey number: HABS PA-1316
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa1076.photos.139722p
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
Object location39° 57′ 07.99″ N, 75° 09′ 51.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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