Stephen Girard’s Farm House, Passyunk, Pennsylvania
Stephen Girard’s Farm House, Passyunk, Pennsylvania
Stephen Girard's Farm House, Passyunk, Pennsylvania. Built 1797. Drawing/Watercolor by Frank H. Taylor
Taken from an unidentified early twenieth century publication:
Stephen Girard’s Farm House
Possibly as a division from his thronging business cares, Stephen Girard bought seventy-five acres of ground in Passyunk in the year 1797, and there established a model farm. The location was “three miles from Philadelphia upon the Fort Mifflin road.” The residence he there erected is still preserved and is the property of the city. The drawing has been made from photos taken before the modern changes were made. Doubtless the financier and merchant lived here at times, finding delight in his choice cattle and sheep and in his productive fields up to the period of his death, at the end of the year 1830.
Mid-19th Century View of Stephen Girard's Country House, then at Passyunk, Pennslyvania, later at 17th and Porter.
The location of the farmhouse, now Girard Park, is 21st & Shunk , not 17th & Porter. Also, Girard never lived there.
Did you see him not living there?