Name | Deshler-Morris House |
Brief Description | National Memorial |
Type | Attraction |
Category | Philadelphia Pennsylvania National Park |
Description | Built by Quaker merchant, David Deshler before the Revolution, this handsome stone house faces historic Market Square. During the Battle of Germantown in 1777, British Commander Sir William Howe, made the house his headquarters. While the yellow fever epidemic raged in Philadelphia in 1793, business of the new republic continued at the Germantown |
Address | 5442 Germantown Avenue |
CSZ | Philadelphia, PA 19255 |
Phone 1 | (215) 965-2305 |
Handicapped Accessible | No |
Website | www.nps.gov/demo/index.htm |
Last Updated | 1/23/2013 |
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