Grumblethorpe

5267 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Philadelphia.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 16, 1972. NRIS 72001155.

Also known as:

  • See Also:Colonial Germantown Historic Dis
  • Wister`s Big House

From Wikipedia:

Grumblethorpe

Grumblethorpe was the home of the Wister family in the present-day Germantown section of Philadelphia, who lived there for over 160 years. It was built in 1744 as a summer residence, but it became the family's year-round residence in 1793. It is a museum, part of the Colonial Germantown Historic District.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997032

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