Old Germantown Academy And Headmasters' Houses
- Also Known As: Pennsylvania School For Deaf
- Address: 154 W Schoolhouse Ln
- Vicinity: Greene St
- Neighborhood of Germantown in Philadelphia, PA
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1760/01/01 | David James Dove | Work | The Germantown Union School is opens in a new schoolhouse with belfry built of Wissahickon schist with 131 pupils, 61 in the English department and 70 in the German side. | German People Settle in America | ||
| 1777/10/05 | British forces use the Academy building as a hospital during the Battle of Germantown. The troops from General Howe's Third Brigade hold a cricket match on the playing fields. The weather vane is scared by musket balls shot by British soldiers. | Battle of Germantown | ||||
| 1784/00/00 | Encouraged by Peletiah Webster, second English Master in the school's history, Germantown Academy's board of managers seek and are granted a charter from the state as the "Public School of Germantown". | Public Schools Established in the United States | ||||
| 1798/09/04 | Elizabeth S Drinker | Author | The Bank of Pennsylvania was this afternoon removed from Philadelphia, where it has lately been robbed of a considerable amount, to the school house in this town, escorted by McPherson's Blues. - Elizabeth Drinker | The Diary of Elizabeth Drinker (diary) | ||
| 1798/09/05 | Elizabeth S Drinker | Author | Germantown is like a beehive - the people swarm. About two o'clock, four wagons loaded with cash, etc, from the Bank of North America arrived here guarded by the Light-horse men.... Fifteen or twenty people are guarding ye Banks. - Elizabeth Drinker | The Diary of Elizabeth Drinker (diary) |
| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
| German Headmaster's House |
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