Mercer, Henry Chapman, 1856-1930 · Doylestown, The Bucks County historical society · leaf 162
of a building contractor in Philadelphiawho. in 1889. at a lecture, informed the writer thatin demolishing an old house in eastern Philadelphia,once belonging to Governor Mifflin, he had pulledto pieces a complete jamb stove discovered in awalled-up corner, the front of which rested upon twoblocks… … shown herewith, in Fig. 233-A, reproduced from Dr.Kassels interesting picture, illustrating an old Alsa-cian stove in situ at Farmer Siehs house, at Walten-heim. in Lower Alsace, in 1903. were sometimes usedin Pennsylvania in lieu of simpler posts, props orunder rests of bricks or stone. In the…
Stoves · Stove-plates · Pennsylvania Dutch
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