Germantown 'White House'
- Historically Known As: Deshler House
- Also Known As: Deshler-Morris House
- Address: 5442 Germantown Ave
- Vicinity: E Church Ln
- Neighborhood of Germantown in Philadelphia, PA
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1752/00/00 | Deshler House is built as a four room summer cottage for merchant David Deshler. | |||||
1777/10/04 | British Lt Col John Bird is mortally wounded during the Battle of Germantown. After surgery at Melchoir Meng's house (now a part of Vernon Park), he was carried to the Bringhurst House, where he died. | Battle of Germantown | ||||
1777/10/04 | American Patriots and British Regulars fight near the Deshler House. | Battle of Germantown | ||||
1777/10/19 | Sir William Howe | British Commander | William Howe's headquarters, July 1777 to 19 October 1777 | Battle of Germantown | ||
1793/11/16 | George Washington | President | President Washington avoids the President's house in central Philadelphia and takes shelter in Isaac Franks' house during the yellow fever epidemic, November 16 to 30. | 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic | ||
1793/11/30 | Henry Knox | Secretary of War | Washington meets with his cabinet (Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Henry Knox and Edmund Randolph) in Isaac Franks' house four times between November 16 and 30, 1793. | 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic | ||
1793/11/30 | Alexander Hamilton | Secretary of the Treasury | Washington meets with his cabinet (Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Henry Knox and Edmund Randolph) in Isaac Franks' house four times between November 16 and 30, 1793. | 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic | ||
1793/11/30 | Thomas Jefferson | Secretary of State | Washington meets with his cabinet (Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Henry Knox and Edmund Randolph) in Isaac Franks' house four times between November 16 and 30, 1793. | 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic | ||
1794/09/00 | George Washington | Visitor | Washington family stays at the Franks' house during September and October. |
Particulars for Germantown 'White House': | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Historic Use | Clubhouse |
Owner | Federal |
Level of Significance | National |
Criteria | Person |
Area of Significance | Politics-government |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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