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The Rock House: So called, writes Mr. Watson, "because it rests on an exposed rock (large) situated at the junction of Shoemaker's street ("lane" in old times), and the rail road. It has no particular history, but is picturesque and ancient"

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Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg)

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Exterior view of the first farm of Isaac Shoemaker, known as the Rock House, built in the late 17th century on East Penn Street, east of the Reading Railroad Bridge. Farm also served as a location from which William Penn preached and as a station on the Underground Railroad. Shows a man sitting on top of the large rock beside the stone farmhouse with two chimneys. A wooden fence surrounds the property.; Photograph by Richards.; Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount.; Date inscribed on photograph.

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Keywords

  1. Dwellings
  2. Farmhouses
  3. Homes And Haunts
  4. Pennsylvania
  5. Philadelphia
  6. Salted Paper Prints
  7. Shoemaker, Isaac
  8. Underground Railroad System

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