Chapter XII: Public Buildings (2)

Fanlights, used in Philadelphia entrances, 40;
of house No. 225 South Eighth Street, 49;
of Upsala, 60, 120;
of The Woodlands, 65, 152;
of Vernon, 79;
of Loudoun, 81;
of The Highlands, 91, 92;
transom replaced by, 108;
of house No. 5011 Germantown Avenue, 108;
of house No. 247 Pine Street, 109;
of house No. 6504 Germantown Avenue, 110;
of house No. 5200 Germantown Avenue, 111;
of house No. 4927 Frankford Avenue, 111;
a frequent type of doorway with, 112;
of the Wharton house, 113;
of Grumblethorpe, 114;
a rare type of, 116;
patterned after a much-used Palladian window, 122;
of house No. 39 Fisher's Lane, 122;
of house No. 224 South Eighth Street, 122;
in round-headed doorways, 193;
of Independence Hall, 201, 207;
of Congress Hall, 208;
of the Pennsylvania Hospital, 213

Farmhouse type, Pennsylvania, characteristic examples of, 100

Farmhouses, 127

Fascia, 111, 112, 115, 180, 181, 183

Fences, 50, 126, 220, 224

Fenestration. _See_ WINDOWS

Festoons, 180, 183, 184, 187

"Fête Champêtre", 85

Firebacks, 28, 169, 172

Fire balconies, 92, 208

Fire marks, 119

Fireplaces, of Woodford, 20;
of Hope Lodge, 24;
of Livezey house, 57;
of Mount Pleasant, 74;
the significance and the history of, 169-171;
segmental arched, 205

Fisher, Deborah, 45.
_See_ WHARTON, DEBORAH

Fisher, Samuel, 45

Fisher's Lane, house No. 39, eight-panel door of, 105;
porch of, 122

Fixtures, wrought-iron, for hanging and fastening shutters and blinds, 146

Flemish bond, 18, 23, 26, 38, 48

Floors, of Woodford, 20

Florentine manner, iron work wrought in, 129

Florida cession, the, 93

Flow, John H., and the tradition of the first American flag, 52

Flush pointing, 55

Flutings, 65, 180-183

Footscrapers, 109, 127, 130-133

Forbes, Brigadier General John, 221

Foreshortening, of windows, of Girard house, 31;
of city blocks, 39, 40;
of Morris
house, 48;
of Livezey house, 57;
of Johnson house, 96;
of the Billmeyer house, 99;
in three-story houses, 138, 139

Forrest, Edwin, 224

Fourth and Liberty streets, house at, 130

Frankford, 36

Frankford Avenue, house No. 4927, doorway of, 111

Franklin, Benjamin, 9, 58, 212, 219, 221

Franklin Inn, 42

Franks, Abigail, 21

Franks, David, 21

Franks, Isaac, 78

Franks, Rebecca, 21

Free Quakers' Meeting House, windows of, 138, 148;
lintels of, 142

Frieze, of The Woodlands, 65;
of house No. 114 League Street, 107;
of house No. 6504 Germantown Avenue, 110;
of Whitby Hall, 158;
of house No. 312 Cypress Street, 183;
of house No. 729 Walnut Street, 158;
of Solitude, 187

Front, double, of Morris house, 39, 48

Furniture, old, 63, 79, 205, 206

Gable ends, 60

Gable roofs, 39;
of Livezey house, 56;
of Upsala, 59, 120;
of house No. 5442 Germantown Avenue, 77;
of Vernon, 79;
of Bartram House, 94;
of the Johnson house, 95;
of Independence Hall, 199;
of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal church, 224

Gambrel roof, 80

Gardens, of city houses, 40;
of Morris house, 49;
of Grumblethorpe, 62, 64;
of The Woodlands, 65, 67;
of house No. 5442 Germantown Avenue, 76;
of John Bartram, 94, 95

Gates, 220

Georgian countryhouses of brick, 16-37

Georgian fireplace, 188

Georgian sashes, 31, 134

Georgian style, 3, 17, 156;
of brick houses, 17;
Woodford, 19;
Hope Lodge, 22;
The Woodlands, 65, 66;
Clunie, 72, 74;
of brick houses, 86;
The Highlands, 91

Germantown, Battle of, 61, 63, 71, 78, 90, 97, 99, 205

Germantown, ledge-stone houses at, 53

Germantown Academy, the, 98, 99

Germantown Avenue, house No. 5442, description of, 76-78;
history of, 78, 79;
six-panel door of house No. 5442, 103;
eight-panel door of house No. 4908, 105;
house No. 1748, doorway of, 107;
house No. 5011, doorway of, 108;
house No. 6504, doorway of, 110;
house No. 5200, doorway of, 111;
house No. 6105, doorway of, 114, 115;
house No. 6105, dormers of, 140;
house No. 6105, blinds of, 145, 147;
house No. 6043, shutter fasteners of, 148

Germantown stone, 87

Germantown type of pointing, 55

Ginkgo tree, the, 67

Girard, Stephen, 31-33;
his will, 33, 34

Girard College, 31, 33, 34, 215

Girard (Stephen) house, 31

Glass, 134

Glen Fern. _See_ LIVEZEY HOUSE

Gothic, tracery, 123, 127;
detail, 128;
arch, curves reminiscent of, 149

Gowen house, 167

Gravitating catches, 147

Gray, Martha Ibbetson, 161

Greame Park, 69;
windows of, 136;
dormers of, 139

Grecian band, 130, 133, 192, 209

Grecian fret, 77, 91, 109, 111, 173, 176, 189

Greek architecture, Girard College a fine specimen of, 215

Green Tree Inn, 97, 98;
six-panel door of, 103;
doorway of, 107

Haines family, 72

Hallam's (William) Old American Company, 14, 67

Halls, of Wyck, 71;
an important interior feature, 153;
in early times, 153;
development of, 154;
staircases and balconies introduced into, 154;
in the Georgian period of English architecture, 154, 155;
in Provincial mansions of Philadelphia, 155;
of Stenton, 156, 157;
from back to front of the house, 157;
of Whitby Hall, 158-160, 162-164;
of Mount Pleasant, 161-164;
of Cliveden, 165, 166;
of Upsala, 166, 167

Hamilton, Alexander, 78

Hamilton, Andrew, designer of Independence Hall, 6, 197, 198;
married Abigail Franks, 21;
the first of the name in America, 66;
Benjamin Chew studied law with, 89

Hamilton, Governor James, 67

Hamilton, William, 66-68

Hancock, John, 206

Handles, brass, of Woodford, 20

Handrail, wrought-iron, of Woodford, 19;
wrought-iron, of city blocks, 40;
of Wistar house, 127;
patterned after cathedral grilles and screens, 127;
other examples of, 128-130, 157, 167

Headers, 18, 26, 38, 48

Heage, William, 3

Heath, Susanna, 25

Heating, methods of, 169-171

Henry house, 121

Hewn stone country houses, 86-100

Highlands, The, description of, 91, 92;
history of, 92, 93;
door of, 105;
porch of, 120;
unique in having porch, side-lights, and elliptical fanlight, 122;
windows of, 137;
blinds of, 145

Hinges, 146, 172, 209

Hipped roof, of Woodford, 18;
of Hope Lodge, 23, 120;
of Stenton, 26;
of Girard house, 31;
of Port Royal House, 35;
of the stable of The Woodlands, 66;
of Mount Pleasant, 72, 73;
of Vernon, 79;
of Loudoun, 80;
of Solitude, 83;
of The Highlands, 120;
of Congress Hall, 208

Hitner, purchaser of The Highlands, 93

Holme, Thomas, 3, 4

Hoods, 96, 97, 106

Hope, Henry, 25

Hope Lodge, description of, 22-24;
history of, 24, 25;
door of, 105;
porch of, 120;
windows of, 135, 141;
dormers of, 141;
shutters of, 143;
round-headed doorway of, 193;
arch across main hall of, 193

Hopkinson, Francis, 221

Horse block, 99

Howe, Sir William, 21, 30, 78

Independence Hall, designed by Andrew Hamilton, 6;
meeting of second Continental Congress in, 8;
windows of, 148, 151;
stair-end treatment of, 168;
history and description of, 196-207

Inns and taverns of Colonial days, 11, 12

Interior wood-finish, of the average eighteenth-century
Philadelphia house, 185-187;
in the better houses of the Provincial period, 187, 188;
of Stenton, 188, 189;
of Whitby Hall, 189;
doors and doorways, 189-194;
white-painted, 194, 195;
of Congress Hall, 208;
of Carpenters' Hall, 214

Interiors, Colonial, a favorite treatment of, 186

Ionic, pilasters, 65, 91;
columns, 83, 94;
entablature, 112, 219, 220;
doorway, 118;
pediments, 120, 191;
window, 151;
newel, 159;
pulvinated, 163, 219;
cornice, 192;
walls of tower, 199;
Palladian window, 200;
hall in Independence Hall, 200;
volute, 201

Ironwork, 124-133

Jambs, molded, 71;
paneled, 106, 107, 108, 111, 113, 121, 191, 200, 203;
rusticated, 116

Jansen, Dirck, 96

Jansen family, 72

Jefferson, Thomas, 78

Johnson house, description of, 95, 96;
history of, 96, 97;
six-paneled door of, 103;
doorway of, 106;
windows of, 136;
dormers of, 140;
shutters of, 143

Johnson, General Sir Henry, 21

Johnson, John, 60, 90

Johnson, John, Jr., 60

Johnson, Norton, 61

Johnson, Sallie W., 61

Johnson, Doctor William N., 61

Joinery, reference books on, 6

Jones, Inigo, 171

Kearsley, Doctor John, 6, 219

Keith, Sir William, 69

Key plate, 110

Keyed arch, 111

Keyed lintels, 39, 60, 73, 88

Keystones, 91, 113, 199

Kitchen, of Stenton, 26;
of Grumblethorpe, 63

Knobs, 72, 109, 110

Knockers, 72, 105, 106, 110, 111

Knox, Henry, 78

Kunders, Thomas, 82

La Fayette, 71, 90, 98

La Grange Alley, house No. 207, balustrade of, 130

Lambert, General, 221

Landings, staircase, 154, 158, 163, 165, 166, 167

Laurel Hill, windows of, 137;
shutters of, 143

Leaded glass, 92

League Street, house No. 114, doorway of, 107

Ledge-stone country houses, 53-68

Ledge stonework, of Germantown, its picturesque appeal, 53;
its adaptability, 53, 54;
has marked horizontal effect, 54;
is conducive to handsome, honest masonry, 54;
in combination with white-painted woodwork, 55, 56, 66;
mansions, the chief distinction of Philadelphia architecture, 68

Lee, Alice, 46

Lee, Arthur, 46

Lee, General Charles, 221

Lee, Richard Henry, 46

Lee, Thomas, 46

Lenox, General, 63

Lesbian leaf ornaments, 173, 175

Lewis, Mordecai, 44, 45

Lewis, Samuel N., 45

Lewis, William, 22

Liberty Bell, 200-203

Library, of Stenton, 28

Lime, makeshift for, 96

Lintels, of Port Royal House, 35;
keyed, of city blocks, 39;
of Morris house, 49;
keyed, of Upsala, 60;
keyed, of Mount Pleasant, 73;
keyed, of Cliveden, 88;
of The Highlands, 91;
of Bartram House, 94;
stone, 142

Livezey, John, 59

Livezey, Rachael, 96

Livezey, Thomas, 57

Livezey, Thomas, Jr., 57, 58

Livezey, Thomas, son of Thomas, Jr., 59

Livezey house, description of, 56, 57;
history of, 57-59;
six-panel door of, 103;
windows of, 136;
dormers of, 139;
shutters and blinds of, 144, 146

Logan, Albanus, 30

Logan, Deborah, 30

Logan, Doctor George, 29

Logan, Gustavus, 30, 82

Logan, James, 28, 29, 82

Logan, William, 29

Lombardy poplar, the, 67

Loudoun, description of, 80, 81;
history of, 81, 82;
eight-panel door of, 104;
windows of, 137;
dormers, 140;
shutters and blinds of, 144, 145

Lukens family, 37

Mackinett, Daniel, 98

Macpherson, John, 74, 75

Madison, Dolly, 93

Mahogany, 43

Mansard roof, 80

Mantel shelves, 171, 176-178

Mantels, of Woodford, 20;
of Upsala, 60, 179-182;
of The Highlands, 92;
development of, 171;
of Stenton, 172;
of Whitby Hall, 172, 173;
of Mount Vernon, 173-175;
of Mount Pleasant, 175, 176;
of Cliveden, 177;
of old Spruce Street house, 178;
with shelf, 178;
of form of complete entablature, 178;
hand-carved ornaments for, 179;
for hob grate, 180;
elaborate, 180, 181;
of house at Third and DeLancy streets, 182;
of the Rex house, 182;
of house No. 312 Cypress Street, 182;
of house No. 729 Walnut Street, 183

Marble, houses of, 17;
Pennsylvania, of house No. 5442 Germantown Avenue, 77;
use of, in trimmings, 142, 173, 174, 176, 177, 180, 198, 199, 208, 209

Markets, 212

Markham, Captain William, 3

Marshall, Chief Justice John, 202, 208

Mastic, 43

Matthews, James, 80

McClenahan, Blair, 90

Medallion, 183

Mennonites, church of, 224, 225

Merailles, Don Juan de, 75

Mermaid Inn, in Mount Airy, 12

Metopes, 118, 162

Millan, Hans, 71

"Mischianza", 21

Modillions, of Woodford, 19;
of Stenton, 26;
hand-tooled, of city blocks, 39;
of Mount Pleasant, 73;
of house No. 5442 Germantown Avenue, 77;
of Cliveden, 88;
of Upsala, 120;
of Whitby Hall, 159;
of Mount Pleasant, 164, 192;
of Independence Hall, 200;
of the Girard National Bank building, 217

Molding, denticulated, 77, 80, 107, 112, 115, 140, 177, 192, 209;
ovolo, 97, 107, 115, 173, 176;
cornice, 109, 217;
of classic order, 113;
rope, 120;
bolection, 156, 171, 188, 190, 191;
of Mount Pleasant, 162;
crenelated, 172;
of panel, 175;
bed, 180;
cavetto, 181, 187;
ogee, 187, 189;
of inside doors, 190

Morgan, General Jacob, 221

Morris, Anthony, 92

Morris, Joshua, 25

Morris, Luke Wistar, 50

Morris, Robert, services of, 8;
lived in Philadelphia, 9;
grave of, 221

Morris, Samuel, 24, 25

Morris, Captain Samuel, 50, 92

Morris, Samuel B., 79

Morris house, description of, 39, 48, 49;
history of, 49, 50;
door of, 105;
doorway of, 109, 110;
windows of, 137, 139, 141, 142;
dormers of, 140;
shutters of, 143, 144, 146

Mount Pleasant, description of, 72-74;
history of, 74-76;
three-panel door of, 104;
doorway of, 116;
stoop of, 128;
windows of, 137;
dormers of, 141;
with neither outside shutters nor blinds, 142;
Palladian window of, 151;
hall of, 161-165;
chimney-piece of, 175, 176;
interior wood finish of, 185, 186, 187, 188, 190, 191, 192;
round-headed windows of, 193

Mount Vernon, 173-175

Mullions, fluted, 116

Muntins, of Woodford, 19;
of Hope Lodge, 23;
of Christ Church, 149;
of six-panel doors, 190

Musgrave, Colonel, 90

Mutules, 116

Newels, 130, 132, 133, 157, 159, 167, 201

Nichol, James, 63

Northern Liberties, the, 4

Observatory, 62, 64

Ogee, 175

Old Swedes' Church, 148, 149, 221, 222

Openings, elliptical-headed, 193

Outinian Society, 85

Oval shell pattern, 107

Overmantel, 173, 174, 177

Ovolo, reeded, 111, 183;
enriched, 113;
hand-tooled, 114;
with bead and reel and egg and dart motive, 175;
molded, 176;
with egg and dart motive, 177, 203

Paintings, first exhibition of, 206

Palladian window, of Woodford, 19;
of Port Royal House, 35;
of The Woodlands, 66;
of Mount Pleasant, 73, 117, 164;
of The Highlands, 92;
gable-roof dormers with, 140;
chancel, 150;
of Independence
Hall, 151;
in domestic architecture, 151, 152;
on landing, 158;
of Whitby Hall, 151, 158, 188;
of Independence Hall, 200;
of Carpenters' Hall, 211;
of Christ Church, 219, 220

Pancoast, Samuel, 44

Paneling, in shutters of Woodford, 19;
in doors of Hope Lodge, 23;
in wainscots of Hope Lodge, 24;
of window-seats of Hope Lodge, 24;
of doors of Stenton, 27;
of wainscoting of Stenton, 27;
of walls of Stenton, 27;
in shutters of Girard house, 31;
of shutters of city blocks, 40;
of doors of city blocks, 40;
of sides of rooms and fireplace openings, 43;
of shutters of Morris house, 48;
of wainscots of Upsala, 60, 167;
of doors of Wyck, 71;
of door and wainscots of house No. 5442 Germantown Avenue, 77;
of shutters of Loudoun, 81;
of door of Loudoun, 81;
of shutters of Johnson house, 96;
doors classified according to, 103;
six-panel doors, 103, 104, 107, 108;
three-panel doors, 104;
eight-panel doors, 104, 105;
of jambs, 106, 107, 108, 111;
of door of Morris house, 109;
of door of house No. 701 South Seventh Street, 110;
of door of house No. 709 Spruce Street, 111;
of door of house No. 5200 Germantown Avenue, 111;
of door of house No. 4927 Frankford Avenue, 111;
of door of Powel house, 113;
of jambs of Wharton House, 113;
of door of Wharton house, 113;
of door of Grumblethorpe, 114;
of door of house No. 6105 Germantown Avenue, 115;
of door of Mount Pleasant, 116;
of doors of Cliveden, 117;
of soffits, 118;
of doors of Solitude, 118;
of door of Perot-Morris house, 118;
of door of Upsala, 121;
of jambs and soffit of Henry house, 121;
molded flat, 122;
of doors in round-arched doorways, 124, 125;
of shutters, 144, 145;
of dado of Stenton, 157;
of wainscot of Cliveden, 165;
of wainscot of Mount Vernon, 174;
of wainscot of Mount Pleasant, 176;
of mantels, with shelf, 178;
of hall, parlor, and reception room, 186;
of wainscot, 186;
of chimney-piece, 188;
of overmantel, 188;
of reception room at Stenton, 189;
of inside doors, 190;
of jambs and soffits, 191;
of door of Independence Hall, 200;
in Independence Hall, 200, 201, 203

Panes, size, 135, 164;
number, 135-140, 148-152;
rectangular, 149;
keystone-shaped, 149;
quarter-round, 149

Paschall, Thomas, 22

Pastorius, Francis Daniel, 82

Peale, Rembrandt, 206

Peale Museum, 206

Pediments, of Woodford, 19;
of Port Royal House, 35;
of city blocks, 40;
of Blackwell house, 43;
of The Woodlands, 65;
of house No. 5442 Germantown Avenue, 77;
of Vernon, 79;
of Loudoun, 81;
of Cliveden, 88;
of The Highlands, 91;
forming hood above
doorway, 106;
of doorhead, 107;
of Morris house, 109;
Ionic, 191

Pen Rhyn house, windows of, 139

Penn, Granville, 85

Penn, Granville John, 85

Penn, John, 83-85, 90, 221

Penn, Governor John, 84

Penn, Letitia, 16, 17

Penn, Thomas, 84

Penn, William, 3, 4, 16, 17, 84, 85

Penn's house, windows of, 136

Pennsylvania, importance of attitude of, in the Revolution, 8

Pennsylvania Hospital, 148, 212-214

Penthouse roof, influence of, 19, 60, 61;
characteristic feature of ledge stonework, 19, 106;
of Grumblethorpe, 62;
of house No. 6306 Germantown Avenue, 96;
of Green Tree Inn, 97, 107;
of Billmeyer, 98;
of Whitby Hall, 160

Perot, Elliston, 79

Perot, John, 79

Perot-Morris house, eight-panel door of, 104, 105;
doorway of, 118, 119;
windows of, 137;
dormers of, 141;
shutters and blinds of, 144, 146, 147

Peters, Judge Richard, 84

Philadelphia, unique position of, in American architecture, 1;
old buildings of, of brick and stone, and substantial in character, 1;
much of best Colonial domestic architecture to be found
in neighborhood of, 2;
history enacted in buildings of, 2;
Georgian and pure Colonial styles in, 3;
review of early history of, 3;
laid out by Thomas Holme, 4;
character of early settlers of, 4;
early commerce of, 5;
at the time of the Revolution, 5;
importance of, in eighteenth century, 6;
a refuge for immigrants of persecuted sects, 7;
Quaker influence in, 7;
Scotch-Irish ascendancy in, 7;
center of the new republic in embryo, 8;
the meeting of the Continental Congresses in, 8, 9;
the sitting of the convention for framing the Constitution in, 9;
the national capital, 9;
famous men associated with, 9;
list of first things established or done at, 9-11;
noted for its generous hospitality, 11;
brilliancy of its social life, 11-14;
theaters in, 14;
estates of the countryside, 15;
has distinctive architecture in brick, stone, and woodwork, and diversified
architecture of city and country types, 15;
clung to the manners and customs of the mother country, 16;
brick favored in, 16, 17;
the dominant feature of the domestic architecture of the city proper, 38;
houses of, possess charm of architectural merit combined
with historic interest, 101

Philosophical Society, the, 48

Piers, of Stenton, 26;
of Cliveden, 88

Pilasters, of Woodford, 20;
of Hope Lodge, 24;
fluted, of city blocks, 40;
fluted, of Blackwell house, 42;
fluted, of Morris house, 49;
of The Woodlands, 65;
of Mount Pleasant, 74;
of The Highlands, 91;
supporting pediment, 108;
of house No. 6019 Germantown Avenue, 107;
fluted, of Whitby Hall, 158, 159;
of Mount Vernon, 174;
of Upsala, 180, 181, 182;
paneled, of house No. 312 Cypress Street, 182, 183;
fluted, of Independence Hall, 204, 205

Pillars, 81

Pine, Edgar, 206

Pine, Robert Edge, 206

Pine Street, house No. 239, footscraper of, 132

Pine Street, house No. 247, doorway of, 109

Pineapple, the, 130

Plastered stone country houses, 69-85;
one of the distinctive types of Philadelphia architecture, 85

Plastic Club, 42

Pointing, methods of, 55;
of Upsala, 59;
of The Woodlands, 66;
of hewn stone houses, 87;
flush, of Cliveden, 87;
of The Highlands, 91

Pomfret, Earl of, 84

Poor Richard Club, 42

Porch, to servants' quarters and kitchen, of Hope Lodge, 24;
of Stenton, 26

Porches, of Hope Lodge, 23, 120;
pedimental, of Upsala, 60, 120;
of The Highlands, 92;
not common, 119;
of The Highlands, 120;
of the Henry house, 121;
elliptical, of house No. 39 Fisher's Lane, 122

Port Royal House, description of, 34, 35;
history of, 35-37;
three-panel door of, 104;
windows of, 137;
dormers of, 141;
blinds of, 143, 145

Portico, 65, 81, 82

Portius, James, induced by Penn to come to the New World, 5;
a leading member of the Carpenters' Company, 5;
laid foundation of builders' library, 6

Ports, 220

Powel house, eight-panel door of, 104;
doorway of, 113;
stoop of, 128;
windows of, 137, 138;
dormers of, 141;
shutters of, 144, 145

Public buildings, of Philadelphia, historically and
architecturally inspiring, 196;
discussion of, 196-225

Quakers, Philadelphia a place of refuge for, 3;
influence of, in Philadelphia, 7;
loved eating and drinking, 12, 13;
other distractions of, 13;
little difference between homes of "World's People" and, 14

Quoining, 23, 35, 59, 73, 199, 223

Race Street, house No. 128, windows of, 136;
shutters of, 144, 147

Race Street, house No. 130, stoop of, 128

Railing, wrought iron, 83, 114;
adaptation of Gothic tracery, 123

Rails, of blinds, 145, 146;
of doors, 103, 190;
of shutters, 144, 145;
of windows, 134

Rain gauge, 62

Ramsey, Allan, 206

Randolph, Edmund, 78

Randolph, Peyton, 221

Randolph house, doorway of, 124

Red Lion Inn, survival of inns of Colonial days, 12

Reed, General Joseph, 25

Reed, Joseph, 25

Reeded casings, 121

Reeded ovolo, 111, 183

Reeve, Mrs. Josiah, 97

Rex house, mantel of, 182;
interior wood finish of, 187

Reynolds, John, 49

Rhodes, Samuel, 213

Ridge or weathered pointing, 55

Rim lock, 106, 110, 209

Rittenhouse, David, 9

Rock-face stonework, 53

Rolling ways, 40, 49

Roofs, balustraded, 219;
gable, 39, 56 (Livezey house), 59, 120 (Upsala), 77
(No. 5442 Germantown Avenue), 79 (Vernon), 94 (Bartram house),
95 (Johnson house), 199 (Independence Hall), 124
(St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal church);
gambrel, 80;
hipped, 19 (Woodford), 23 (Hope Lodge), 26 (Stenton),
31 (home of Stephen Girard), 35 (Port Royal House),
66 (stable of The Woodlands), 72, 73
(Mount Pleasant), 80 (Loudoun), 83 (Solitude), 198 (Independence Hall);
mansard, 80

Rosettes, 130

Ross, Betsy, 51, 52

Ross, John, 51

Roxborough, 167

Rubble masonry, 70, 73, 79, 81, 82, 87, 91, 224

Rush, Doctor Benjamin, 221

Rush, Colonel William, 204

St. Luke's Church, 82

St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church, 224

St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church, 149, 150, 222, 223

Sargent, John, 25

Sash bars, 134

Sashes, three-paned, 138, 140;
six-paned, 40, 57, 83, 91, 96, 135-140, 151;
seven-paned, 148;
eight-paned, 48, 99, 137, 138, 140;
nine-paned, 23, 40, 57, 83, 96, 135-138;
ten-paned, 148, 149;
twelve-paned, 19, 48, 88, 99, 135-138, 148-152;
fifteen-paned, 148, 149;
sixteen-paned, 148, 149;
eighteen-paned, 149;
twenty-paned, 149;
twenty-four-paned, 151;
with blinds, 31;
sliding Georgian, 134;
upper and lower, adjustment of, 134;
double-hung, 134;
sliding, 148

Say, Thomas, 63

Scotch-Irish, in Philadelphia, 7

Scroll work, 130, 147, 159, 201

_Sea Nymph_, the, 36

Seats, doorway, 94, 96, 98, 107;
window, 24, 157, 188

Seventh and Locust Streets, house at, footscraper of, 132;
handrail of, 133

Sharpless, John, 206

Sheaff, George, 93

Shingles, 65

Shippen, Edward, 76

Shippen, Peggy, 76

Shippen, Doctor William, 46

Shippen house, 125

Shoemaker, Jacob, 57

Shoemaker, Thomas, 57

Shutters, paneled, 18;
of Woodford, 19;
of Hope Lodge, 23;
paneled, of Girard house, 31;
paneled, of city blocks, 40;
paneled, of Morris house, 48;
of Livezey house, 57;
of Upsala, 60;
of Grumblethorpe, 61;
of house No. 5442 Germantown Avenue, 77;
of Vernon, 79;
paneled, of Loudoun, 81;
of Cliveden, 88;
paneled, of Johnson house, 96;
of the
Billmeyer house, 99;
use of, 142-144;
boxed, 143;
paneling of, 144, 145;
methods of hanging and fastening, 146-148

Side lights, of Stenton, 27, 123;
of The Highlands, 92;
rare, 122;
earliest instance of, in Philadelphia, 123;
of Pennsylvania Hospital, 213

Site and Relic Society, 80, 97

Sketch Club, 42

Skirting, 186

Soffits, paneled, 107, 108, 111, 118, 158, 159, 191, 203;
fluted, 109;
rusticated, 116

Solitude, description of, 82, 83;
history of, 83-85;
three-paneled door of, 104;
doorway of, 118;
windows of, 136;
dormers of, 140;
with neither outside shutters nor blinds, 142;
interior finish of, 187

South American Street, house No. 272, stoop of, 129

South Eighth Street, house No. 224, eight-paneled door of, 105;
doorway of, 122, 123;
stoop of, 128

South Ninth Street, house No. 216, stoop of, 128

South Seventh Street, house No. 301, eight-paneled door of, 104, 105;
doorway of, 114;
stoop of, 129;
handrail of, 132, 133

South Seventh Street, house No. 701, doorway of, 110;
stoop of, 128

South Third Street, house No. 316, porch of, 128

South Third Street, house No. 320, footscrapers of, 132

Southwark, or South Street, Theater, 111

Sower, Christopher, 63

Spandrils, molded, 116

Spindles, 130

Spruce Street, house No. 709, doorway of, 111

Spruce Street, old house on, chimney-piece of, 178

Stable, of The Woodlands, 66

Staircases, wainscoted, 43;
hall, 154, 155, 157, 158;
of Stenton, 156, 157;
of Whitby Hall, 159-160, 162-164;
of Mount Pleasant, 161-164;
of Cliveden, 165, 166;
of Upsala, 166, 167;
of Independence Hall, 200;
of Pennsylvania Hospital, 214

Stair rail, footscraper combined with, 132, 133

Stairway, of Hope Lodge, 24;
balustraded, of Mount Pleasant, 74;
of The Highlands, 92

Stamper, John, 43

State House, the old (Independence Hall), 8, 197

Steeples, 197, 219, 220, 223

Stenton, description of, 25-28;
history of, 28-31;
door of, 105;
doorway of, 123, 124;
windows of, 137, 141;
with neither outside shutters nor blinds, 142;
hall of, 156, 157;
fireplace of, 172;
interior wood finish of, 185, 186, 188, 189

Steps, of Woodford, 19;
of Hope Lodge, 23;
of Stenton, 27;
single, of city blocks, 40;
of Upsala, 60;
of Grumblethorpe, 61;
of The Highlands, 92;
of house No. 701 South Seventh Street, 110;
on various classes of stoops, 126-130

Steuben, Baron von, 76

Stiles, of doors, 103, 190;
of doors, double, 114;
of windows, 134;
of shutters, 144, 145;
of blinds, 146

Stiles, Daniel, 35

Stiles, Edward, 35-37

Stiles, John, 35

Stocker house, windows of, 138;
dormers of, 141

Stonework, surfaced and ledge, 53;
the refinements and the essentials of, 54;
pointed and unpointed, 55;
not always pleasing, 69, 70;
plastered, 69-85;
surfaced, to be recommended only for large and
pretentious residences or for public work, 86.
_See_ LEDGE-STONE

Stoops, 40, 126-130, 208

Stretchers, of blocks, 18, 38;
of Stenton, 26;
of Morris house, 48

Strickland, William, 197, 215

String course, 172

Stuart, Gilbert, 63, 206

Sully, Thomas, 206

Surbase, 83, 157, 159, 163, 186, 187

Swaenson family, 4

Swag, 175

Swedes, at the mouth of the Schuylkill River, 3

Theaters, in Philadelphia, 14

Third and DeLancy streets, house at, mantel of, 182

Third and Pine streets, house at, doorway of, 125;
porch of, 128

Third and Spruce streets, house at, footscraper of, 131

Tiles, of Woodford, 20;
of Stenton, 27, 28

Torus, 175, 176, 183

Tower, 199, 200, 223

Transom, four-paned, 71, 106

Triglyphs, 116, 118, 162

Trinity Church, 223, 224

Truxton, Commodore, 221

Turn buckles, 147

Tuscan, doorway, 19, 116, 118;
columns, 77

Two-family house, 98

Underground passage, 28, 83

"Underground railway", 97

Upsala, description of, 59, 60;
history of, 60, 61;
eight-panel door of, 104;
porch and doorway of, 120, 121;
footscraper of, 132;
windows of, 137;
dormers of, 140;
shutters and blinds of, 144, 145;
hall and staircase of, 166, 167;
mantels of, 179-182;
chambers of, 186, 187;
interior woodwork of, 194

Urns, 88

Vernon, description of, 79, 80;
history of, 80;
door of, 105;
footscraper of, 132;
windows of, 137;
dormers of, 140;
shutters of, 143

Wainscots, of Woodford, 20;
of Hope Lodge, 24;
of Stenton, 27, 28;
of Blackwell house, 43;
of Livezey house, 57;
of Upsala, 60, 167;
of house No. 5442 Germantown Avenue, 77;
of Cliveden, 165;
of Mount Vernon, 174;
of Mount Pleasant, 176;
paneled, 186, 187;
of Independence Hall, 201

Wall paper, hand-blocked, 186

Walls, of city blocks, 38, 39

Waln house, windows of, 137;
shutters of, 143

Walnut Street, house No. 1107, 130

Walnut Street Theater, 14

Walter, Thomas Ustick, 34, 215

Washington, George, his farewell address in Philadelphia, 9;
at Stenton, 30;
at house No. 5442 Germantown Avenue, 78;
at Billmeyer house, 99;
statues of, 204, 206;
portrait of, 206;
associations of Congress Hall with, 207, 208;
at St. Peter's Church, 222

Water table, 88

Watmough, Colonel James Horatio, 25

Wayne, Captain Isaac, 69

Waynesborough, 69;
windows of, 136;
blinds of, 145

Wentz family, 25

West, Benjamin, 206, 213

West, William, 25

Wharton, Charles, 45

Wharton, Deborah (Fisher), 45, 46

Wharton, Francis Rawle, 22

Wharton, Hannah, 45

Wharton, Isaac, 22

Wharton, Joseph, 22, 45

Wharton, Robert, 58

Wharton, William, 45

Wharton house, 42, 44-46;
eight-panel door of, 104;
doorway of, 113;
windows of, 135, 138;
dormers of, 141;
shutters of, 143, 145

Whiskey Rebellion, the, 93

Whitby Hall, windows of, 137, 139;
shutters of, 143;
Palladian window of, 151, 158;
hall and stairway of, 158-160, 162-165;
history of, 160, 161;
chimney-piece of, 172, 173;
interior wood finish of, 185, 186, 188, 189, 191;
round-headed windows of, 193

White, Bishop, 220

White, Doctor, 44

Whitefield, Bishop, 213

"Widow Mackinett's Tavern", 98

William IV, King, 78

William Henry, Prince, 78

Williams, Jonathan, 76

Willing family, 44

Wilson, Alexander, 222

Wilson, James, 221

Window-casings, 24, 74, 94

Window embrasures, 159, 188, 189, 200

Window frames, of Stenton, 26;
of city blocks, 39;
of house No. 5442 Germantown Avenue, 77;
during the Colonial period, a perpetuation of the initial types, 134;
of heavy type, 141;
molded, 149

Window seats, 24, 157, 188

Window sills, of Upsala, 60;
of house No. 5442 Germantown Avenue, 77;
of The Highlands, 91;
of Bartram House, 94;
stone, 142;
in Independence Hall, 200

Windows, 19;
of Hope Lodge, 23;
of Stenton, 26, 27;
of the Girard house, 31;
of Port Royal House, 35;
of city blocks, 39, 40;
of Morris house, 48, 49;
of Livezey house, 56, 57;
of Upsala, 60;
of Grumblethorpe, 61, 62;
of The Woodlands, 65;
of Mount Pleasant, 73;
of house No. 5442 Germantown Avenue, 77;
of Vernon, 79;
of Loudoun, 81;
of Solitude, 83;
of Cliveden, 88;
of The Highlands, 91, 92;
of the Johnson house, 95, 96;
of Green Tree Inn, 97;
of the Billmeyer house, 99;
during the Colonial period, a perpetuation of the initial types, 134;
treatment of, 141, 142;
of Independence Hall, 199;
of Congress Hall, 208;
of Carpenters' Hall, 211;
of Pennsylvania Hospital, 215, 216;
ten-paned, 152;
twelve-paned, 57, 61, 79, 135;
eighteen-paned, 61, 135;
twenty-four-paned, 35, 77, 81, 135, 199, 209, 211;
ranging, 23, 27, 35, 48, 73, 81, 88, 95, 206;
round-topped, 35, 39, 65, 77, 88, 99, 148, 149, 208, 223, 224;
square-headed, 209;
segmental-topped, 61, 97.
_See_ DORMERS, PALLADIAN, SASHES

Wing steps, 98, 114, 129

Wissahickon Creek, mill on, 57-59

Wistar, Doctor Caspar, 47, 72, 78

Wistar, Daniel, 80

Wistar, John, 80

Wistar, William, 80

Wistar house, 39, 46-48;
balustrade of, 127;
windows of, 137, 139;
dormers of, 140;
shutters of, 143, 145

Wistar Parties, 47, 48

_Wistaria_, 47

Wister, Alexander W., 64

Wister, Charles J., 64, 71

Wister, Charles J., Jr., 64

Wister, Daniel, 63

Wister, John, 62, 63, 78

Wister, Margaret, 78

Wister, Owen, 64

Wister, Sally, 64

"Wister's Big House." _See_ GRUMBLETHORPE

Witherill house, dormers of, 139;
shutters of, 145

Wood, white-painted, houses of, 17

Wood carvers, 179

Wood finish. _See_ INTERIOR

Woodford, description of, 18-20;
history of, 20-22;
door of, 105;
windows of, 137;
shutters of, 143

Woodlands, The, description of, 64-66;
history of, 66-68;
with neither outside shutters nor blinds, 142;
Palladian windows of, 151, 152

Woods, white-painted soft, the possibilities of, 194

Woodwork brought from overseas, but later produced in the colonies, 18;
interior, of Woodford, 20;
of Hope Lodge, 24;
of Stenton, 26, 156;
of Blackwell house, 42, 43;
white-painted, in combination with ledge stone, 55, 56, 66;
of Upsala, 60;
of Grumblethorpe, 62, 63;
of Mount Pleasant, 74;
of house No. 5442 Germantown Avenue, 77, 78;
of Vernon, 80;
of Solitude, 83;
of Cliveden, 88;
of The Highlands, 92;
of the Billmeyer house, 99;
of house No. 701 South Seventh Street, 110;
suggesting Dutch influence, 123;
of Mount Vernon, 174;
of Christ Church, 219

"World's People", the, 12, 13, 14

Wyck, 70-72;
door of, 103;
footscraper of, 130;
windows of, 138;
dormers of, 140;
shutters of, 143, 148

Wynnestay, windows of, 137;
dormers of, 140;
shutters of, 143, 144