A decorative analysis of Phil-Ellena, a Greek revival, Philadelphia mansion

330 Pages·1992·6.3 MB·English

by  Mikelberg, Sheryl Farber

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A DECORATIVE ANALYSIS OF PHIL-ELLENA, A GREEK REVIVAL,
PHILADELPHIA MANSION
Sheryl Farber Mikelberg
A THESIS
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The Graduate Program in Historic Preservation
Presented to the Faculties of the University of Pennsylvania
in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
1992
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Figure 1: Elevation and plan of first floor of Phil-Ellena, A
Brief Description of Phil-Ellena, 1844.
Figure 2: 1848 Map of Germantown Tovmship, Philadelphia by
J.C. Sidney and R. P. Smith, the Free Library of
Philadelphia, Map Department.
Figure 3: 1876 City Atlas of Philadelphia, 22nd Ward, Vol.1
by G. M. Hopkins, the Free Library of Philadelphia, Map Dept.
Figure 4: 1899 Atlas of Philadelphia, 22nd Ward by G.W. and
W.G. Bromley, the Free Library of Philadelphia, Map Dept.
Figure 5: Watercolor of Phil-Ellena, no date or
identification, Germantown Historical Society, Philadelphia.
Figure 6: George Washington Carpenter, from the George
Clarence Johnson Scrapbook, Vol. II "Pictoral Germantown Road
and Vicinity and Some of its Inhabitants," 1933, Germantown
Historical Society, Philadelphia.
Figure 7: "Portrait Painting of George Washington Carpenter,"
Photograph of George Washington Carpenter by George B. Wood,
Library Company of Philadelphia, P. 8969. 118.
Figure 8: "Greenhouse Interior with Three Women and a Man,
First Version," photograph by George B. Wood, Library Company
of Philadelphia, P. 8969. S3. Photograph possibly shows Ellen
Carpenter and her two daughters, Fannie and Ellen, and son,
Emlen Carpenter.
Figure 9: "Front of House from East with Boy," photograph by
George B. Wood, Library Company of Philadelphia, P. 9120. 60.
Figure 10: "Front Facade," photograph by George B. Wood,
Library Company of Philadelphia, P. 8969. 42.
Figure 11: "Front Entrance with Hay Wagon," photograph by
George B. Wood, Library Company of Philadelphia, P. 8969. 38.
Figure 12: "Entrance and Germantown Avenue in Snow,"
photograph by George B. Wood, Library Coitpany of
Philadelphia, P. 8969. 39.
Figure 13: "Entrance Footpath with Statues and Fountain"
photograph by George B. Wood, Library Company of
Philadelphia, P. 8969. 86.
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